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Recognised as Colour

#BDBDFE

  • #BDBDFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Plum

#BDBDFE is a blue with RGB values 189, 189, 254 and HSL 240°, 97%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BDBDFE#BDBDFE
HEX#BDBDFE
RGBrgb(189, 189, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.7412, 0.9961
RGB percentages74.1%, 74.1%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(240, 97%, 86.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 25.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK25.6%, 25.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,434,942
CSS custom property--colour: #BDBDFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5437WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.87:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#424201

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACC5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9C1FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#AEC8D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 21.9Light steelblue · ΔE 22.5Thistle · ΔE 22.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.5Light skyblue · ΔE 24.8Lavender · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 21.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEFEBD
Analogous#BDDEFE, #DEBDFE
Triadic#FEBDBD, #BDFEBD
Split complementary#FEDEBD, #DEFEBD
Tetradic#FEBDDE, #FEFEBD, #BDFEDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EFEFFF
Darker −10%#8B8BFD
Darker −20%#5959FC
Darker −30%#2626FC
Darker −40%#0404EB
More saturated +25%#BCBCFF
Less saturated −25%#C5C5F6

Channel breakdown

R189
G189
B254
Red189 (74.1%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)97.01%
Lightness86.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G BD · B FE

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