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Recognised as Colour

#BDBCCD

  • #BDBCCD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BDBCCD is a blue with RGB values 189, 188, 205 and HSL 244°, 15%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BDBCCD#BDBCCD
HEX#BDBCCD
RGBrgb(189, 188, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.7373, 0.8039
RGB percentages74.1%, 73.7%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(243.5, 14.5%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.5, 8.3%, 80.4%)
CMYK7.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,434,637
CSS custom property--colour: #BDBCCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51193WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.24:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#424332

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8BECEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8BDCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BABFC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.5Silver · ΔE 9.2Thistle · ΔE 10.2Dark grey · ΔE 11.9Light grey · ΔE 12Gainsboro · ΔE 14.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCCDBC
Analogous#BCC4CD, #C6BCCD
Triadic#CDBDBC, #BCCDBD
Split complementary#CDC6BC, #C4CDBC
Tetradic#CDBCC4, #CCCDBC, #BCCDC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F6F9
Lighter +10%#DAD9E3
Darker −10%#A09FB7
Darker −20%#8382A1
Darker −30%#696789
Darker −40%#52516C
More saturated +25%#B0ADDC
Less saturated −25%#C5C5C5

Channel breakdown

R189
G188
B205
Red189 (74.1%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue243.53°
Saturation (HSL)14.53%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G BC · B CD

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