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Recognised as Colour

#BBDADF

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

#BBDADF is a cyan with RGB values 187, 218, 223 and HSL 188°, 36%, 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

#BBDADF#BBDADF
HEX#BBDADF
RGBrgb(187, 218, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8549, 0.8745
RGB percentages73.3%, 85.5%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(188.3, 36%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.3, 16.1%, 87.5%)
CMYK16.1%, 2.2%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,311,263
CSS custom property--colour: #BBDADF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66035WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.21:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#442520

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D7DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED2DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B1DDDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 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 text14.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 5.5Light blue · ΔE 6Light grey · ΔE 10.9Gainsboro · ΔE 11.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.6Light cyan · ΔE 13.1
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 5.48, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFC0BB
Analogous#BBDFD2, #BBC8DF
Triadic#DFBBDA, #DADFBB
Split complementary#DFBBC8, #DFD2BB
Tetradic#D2BBDF, #DFC0BB, #C8DFBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DEEDEF
Darker −10%#98C7CF
Darker −20%#76B4BE
Darker −30%#53A1AE
Darker −40%#42828C
More saturated +25%#AFE3EC
Less saturated −25%#C8D1D3

Channel breakdown

R187
G218
B223
Red187 (73.3%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue188.33°
Saturation (HSL)36%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G DA · B DF

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