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Recognised as Colour

#BDBEDF

  • #BDBEDF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BDBEDF is a blue with RGB values 189, 190, 223 and HSL 238°, 35%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BDBEDF#BDBEDF
HEX#BDBEDF
RGBrgb(189, 190, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.7451, 0.8745
RGB percentages74.1%, 74.5%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(238.2, 34.7%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.2, 15.2%, 87.5%)
CMYK15.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,435,167
CSS custom property--colour: #BDBEDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.59:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#424120

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6C1E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5BFDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B6C3C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.7Thistle · ΔE 10.4Lavender · ΔE 15.8Silver · ΔE 17.7Light blue · ΔE 18.8Light grey · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.67, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFDEBD
Analogous#BDCFDF, #CDBDDF
Triadic#DFBDBE, #BEDFBD
Split complementary#DFCDBD, #CFDFBD
Tetradic#DFBDCF, #DFDEBD, #BDDFCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFE0F0
Darker −10%#9B9CCE
Darker −20%#787ABE
Darker −30%#5659AD
Darker −40%#44468C
More saturated +25%#B1B2EB
Less saturated −25%#C9CAD3

Channel breakdown

R189
G190
B223
Red189 (74.1%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue238.24°
Saturation (HSL)34.69%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G BE · B DF

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