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Recognised as Colour

#BBDBD6

  • #BBDBD6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BBDBD6 is a cyan with RGB values 187, 219, 214 and HSL 171°, 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

#BBDBD6#BBDBD6
HEX#BBDBD6
RGBrgb(187, 219, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8588, 0.8392
RGB percentages73.3%, 85.9%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(170.6, 30.8%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.6, 14.6%, 85.9%)
CMYK14.6%, 0%, 2.3%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,311,510
CSS custom property--colour: #BBDBD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66083WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.22:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#442429

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D7D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1D2D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B3DDD9no 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 text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.5Light blue · ΔE 10.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.9Light grey · ΔE 11.6Gainsboro · ΔE 11.9Light cyan · ΔE 13.1
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.47, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBBBC0
Analogous#BBDBC6, #BBD0DB
Triadic#D6BBDB, #DBD6BB
Split complementary#DBBBD0, #DBC6BB
Tetradic#C6BBDB, #DBBBC0, #D0DBBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFE
Lighter +10%#DCEDEA
Darker −10%#9AC9C2
Darker −20%#78B8AE
Darker −30%#58A599
Darker −40%#46847A
More saturated +25%#AEE8DF
Less saturated −25%#C8CECD

Channel breakdown

R187
G219
B214
Red187 (73.3%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue170.63°
Saturation (HSL)30.77%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BB · G DB · B D6

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