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Recognised as Colour

#BDCDE5

  • #BDCDE5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BDCDE5 is a blue with RGB values 189, 205, 229 and HSL 216°, 43%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BDCDE5#BDCDE5
HEX#BDCDE5
RGBrgb(189, 205, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.8039, 0.898
RGB percentages74.1%, 80.4%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(216, 43.5%, 82%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216, 17.5%, 89.8%)
CMYK17.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,439,013
CSS custom property--colour: #BDCDE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60139WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.03:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#42321A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5CEE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1CAE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B3D2D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 3.9Light blue · ΔE 10.8Lavender · ΔE 11.5Light grey · ΔE 13.9Silver · ΔE 14.3Thistle · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 3.87, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5D5BD
Analogous#BDE1E5, #C1BDE5
Triadic#E5BDCD, #CDE5BD
Split complementary#E5C1BD, #E1E5BD
Tetradic#E5BDE1, #E5D5BD, #BDE5C1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2E9F3
Darker −10%#98B1D7
Darker −20%#7496C8
Darker −30%#4F7ABA
Darker −40%#3C629A
More saturated +25%#B2CBF1
Less saturated −25%#C9CFDA

Channel breakdown

R189
G205
B229
Red189 (74.1%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue216°
Saturation (HSL)43.48%
Lightness81.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G CD · B E5

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