Recognised as Colour

#BBDBD7

#BBDBD7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#BBDBD7 is a cyan with RGB values 187, 219, 215 and HSL 173°, 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

#BBDBD7#BBDBD7

HEX#BBDBD7

RGBrgb(187, 219, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8588, 0.8431

RGB percentages73.3%, 85.9%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(172.5, 30.8%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.5, 14.6%, 85.9%)

CMYK14.6%, 0%, 1.8%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,311,511

CSS custom property--colour: #BBDBD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66134WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.23:1

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

Contrast with black14.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#442428

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7D7D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D1D2D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original

Tritanopia#B3DDDAno 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 text14.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.1 Light blue · ΔE 10 Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.8 Light grey · ΔE 11.4 Gainsboro · ΔE 11.7 Light cyan · ΔE 13

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.09, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DBBBBF

Analogous#BBDBC7, #BBCFDB

Triadic#D7BBDB, #DBD7BB

Split complementary#DBBBCF, #DBC7BB

Tetradic#C7BBDB, #DBBBBF, #CFDBBB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFEFE

Lighter +10%#DCEDEB

Darker −10%#9AC9C3

Darker −20%#78B8B0

Darker −30%#58A59C

Darker −40%#46847C

More saturated +25%#AEE8E1

Less saturated −25%#C8CECD

Channel breakdown

R187

G219

B215

Red187 (73.3%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue172.5°

Saturation (HSL)30.77%

Lightness79.61%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR BB · G DB · B D7

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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