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Recognised as Colour

#BBDBD9

  • #BBDBD9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BBDBD9 is a cyan with RGB values 187, 219, 217 and HSL 176°, 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

#BBDBD9#BBDBD9
HEX#BBDBD9
RGBrgb(187, 219, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8588, 0.851
RGB percentages73.3%, 85.9%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(176.3, 30.8%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.3, 14.6%, 85.9%)
CMYK14.6%, 0%, 0.9%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,311,513
CSS custom property--colour: #BBDBD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66238WCAG 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 14.25:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#442426

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D7D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0D3D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Tritanopia#B2DDDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 6.4Light blue · ΔE 9Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.7Light grey · ΔE 11.2Gainsboro · ΔE 11.5Light cyan · ΔE 12.8
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 6.39, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBBBBD
Analogous#BBDBC9, #BBCDDB
Triadic#D9BBDB, #DBD9BB
Split complementary#DBBBCD, #DBC9BB
Tetradic#C9BBDB, #DBBBBD, #CDDBBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFE
Lighter +10%#DCEDEC
Darker −10%#9AC9C6
Darker −20%#78B8B4
Darker −30%#58A5A1
Darker −40%#468480
More saturated +25%#AEE8E4
Less saturated −25%#C8CECE

Channel breakdown

R187
G219
B217
Red187 (73.3%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue176.25°
Saturation (HSL)30.77%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BB · G DB · B D9

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