Colour

#BBDADE

#BBDADE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#BBDADE is a cyan with RGB values 187, 218, 222 and HSL 187°, 35%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BBDADE#BBDADE

HEX#BBDADE

RGBrgb(187, 218, 222)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8549, 0.8706

RGB percentages73.3%, 85.5%, 87.1%

HSLhsl(186.9, 34.7%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.9, 15.8%, 87.1%)

CMYK15.8%, 1.8%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,311,262

CSS custom property--colour: #BBDADE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65982WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.2:1

Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#442521

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5D7DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#CED2DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B1DDDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 5.5 Light blue · ΔE 6.4 Light grey · ΔE 10.8 Gainsboro · ΔE 11.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.5 Silver · ΔE 13

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 5.51, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DEBFBB

Analogous#BBDED1, #BBC9DE

Triadic#DEBBDA, #DADEBB

Split complementary#DEBBC9, #DED1BB

Tetradic#D1BBDE, #DEBFBB, #C9DEBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#DDEDEF

Darker −10%#99C7CD

Darker −20%#76B5BD

Darker −30%#54A2AC

Darker −40%#43828A

More saturated +25%#AEE4EB

Less saturated −25%#C8D0D1

Channel breakdown

R187

G218

B222

Red187 (73.3%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue222 (87.1%)

Hue186.86°

Saturation (HSL)34.65%

Lightness80.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BB · G DA · B DE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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