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Recognised as Colour

#BDC8EC

  • #BDC8EC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BDC8EC is a blue with RGB values 189, 200, 236 and HSL 226°, 55%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BDC8EC#BDC8EC
HEX#BDC8EC
RGBrgb(189, 200, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.7843, 0.9255
RGB percentages74.1%, 78.4%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(226, 55.3%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226, 19.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK19.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,437,740
CSS custom property--colour: #BDC8EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58183WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.64:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#423713

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BECBEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAC7EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B2CFD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.7Thistle · ΔE 13.7Lavender · ΔE 14.4Light blue · ΔE 16.7Light skyblue · ΔE 17.4Sky blue · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECE1BD
Analogous#BDE0EC, #CABDEC
Triadic#ECBDC8, #C8ECBD
Split complementary#ECCABD, #E0ECBD
Tetradic#ECBDE0, #ECE1BD, #BDECCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E5E9F7
Darker −10%#95A7E1
Darker −20%#6E86D5
Darker −30%#4665CA
Darker −40%#314EAC
More saturated +25%#B2C2F7
Less saturated −25%#C8CEE1

Channel breakdown

R189
G200
B236
Red189 (74.1%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue225.96°
Saturation (HSL)55.29%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G C8 · B EC

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