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Recognised as Colour

#BDCDDD

  • #BDCDDD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BDCDDD is a blue with RGB values 189, 205, 221 and HSL 210°, 32%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BDCDDD#BDCDDD
HEX#BDCDDD
RGBrgb(189, 205, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.8039, 0.8667
RGB percentages74.1%, 80.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(210, 32%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 14.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK14.5%, 7.2%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,439,005
CSS custom property--colour: #BDCDDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59702WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.94:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#423222

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7CDDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3CADDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B5D1D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.4Light blue · ΔE 9.1Light grey · ΔE 10.4Silver · ΔE 10.8Gainsboro · ΔE 11.7Lavender · ΔE 11.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDCDBD
Analogous#BDDDDD, #BDBDDD
Triadic#DDBDCD, #CDDDBD
Split complementary#DDBDBD, #DDDDBD
Tetradic#DDBDDD, #DDCDBD, #BDDDBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFE7EE
Darker −10%#9BB3CC
Darker −20%#7A9ABA
Darker −30%#5881A9
Darker −40%#466788
More saturated +25%#B1CDEA
Less saturated −25%#CACDD1

Channel breakdown

R189
G205
B221
Red189 (74.1%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)32%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G CD · B DD

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