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Recognised as Colour

#BBDBD4

  • #BBDBD4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BBDBD4 is a cyan with RGB values 187, 219, 212 and HSL 167°, 31%, 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

#BBDBD4#BBDBD4
HEX#BBDBD4
RGBrgb(187, 219, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8588, 0.8314
RGB percentages73.3%, 85.9%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(166.9, 30.8%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.9, 14.6%, 85.9%)
CMYK14.6%, 0%, 3.2%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,311,508
CSS custom property--colour: #BBDBD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65981WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.1 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#44242B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D7D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D2D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B3DCD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 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 8.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.2Light blue · ΔE 11.5Light grey · ΔE 11.9Gainsboro · ΔE 12.2Light cyan · ΔE 13.4
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.28, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBBBC2
Analogous#BBDBC4, #BBD2DB
Triadic#D4BBDB, #DBD4BB
Split complementary#DBBBD2, #DBC4BB
Tetradic#C4BBDB, #DBBBC2, #D2DBBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFE
Lighter +10%#DCEDE9
Darker −10%#9AC9BF
Darker −20%#78B8AA
Darker −30%#58A594
Darker −40%#468476
More saturated +25%#AEE8DB
Less saturated −25%#C8CECD

Channel breakdown

R187
G219
B212
Red187 (73.3%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue166.88°
Saturation (HSL)30.77%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BB · G DB · B D4

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