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Recognised as Colour

#BBDAD7

  • #BBDAD7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BBDAD7 is a cyan with RGB values 187, 218, 215 and HSL 174°, 30%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BBDAD7#BBDAD7
HEX#BBDAD7
RGBrgb(187, 218, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8549, 0.8431
RGB percentages73.3%, 85.5%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(174.2, 29.5%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.2, 14.2%, 85.5%)
CMYK14.2%, 0%, 1.4%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,311,255
CSS custom property--colour: #BBDAD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.12:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#442528

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6D6D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0D2D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B3DCD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7Light blue · ΔE 9.6Light grey · ΔE 11Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.2Gainsboro · ΔE 11.4Silver · ΔE 13.1
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DABBBE
Analogous#BBDAC8, #BBCDDA
Triadic#D7BBDA, #DAD7BB
Split complementary#DABBCD, #DAC7BB
Tetradic#C8BBDA, #DABBBE, #CEDABB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFEFE
Lighter +10%#DCECEA
Darker −10%#9AC8C4
Darker −20%#79B6B0
Darker −30%#59A39C
Darker −40%#47827C
More saturated +25%#AEE7E2
Less saturated −25%#C8CDCC

Channel breakdown

R187
G218
B215
Red187 (73.3%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue174.19°
Saturation (HSL)29.52%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BB · G DA · B D7

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