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Recognised as Colour

#BDCDF5

  • #BDCDF5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BDCDF5 is a blue with RGB values 189, 205, 245 and HSL 223°, 74%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BDCDF5#BDCDF5
HEX#BDCDF5
RGBrgb(189, 205, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.8039, 0.9608
RGB percentages74.1%, 80.4%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(222.9, 73.7%, 85.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 22.9%, 96.1%)
CMYK22.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,439,029
CSS custom property--colour: #BDCDF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.21:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#42320A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1D0F7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCCBF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AFD5DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.5Lavender · ΔE 15.1Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8Thistle · ΔE 16.1Light blue · ΔE 17.2Sky blue · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5E5BD
Analogous#BDE9F5, #C9BDF5
Triadic#F5BDCD, #CDF5BD
Split complementary#F5C9BD, #E9F5BD
Tetradic#F5BDE9, #F5E5BD, #BDF5C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9EFFC
Darker −10%#91ABEE
Darker −20%#648AE8
Darker −30%#3868E1
Darker −40%#1E4FC8
More saturated +25%#B4C9FF
Less saturated −25%#C7D1EC

Channel breakdown

R189
G205
B245
Red189 (74.1%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue222.86°
Saturation (HSL)73.68%
Lightness85.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G CD · B F5

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