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Recognised as Colour

#BDD1CA

  • #BDD1CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#BDD1CA is a cyan with RGB values 189, 209, 202 and HSL 159°, 18%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#BDD1CA#BDD1CA
HEX#BDD1CA
RGBrgb(189, 209, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.8196, 0.7922
RGB percentages74.1%, 82%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(159, 17.9%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159, 9.6%, 82%)
CMYK9.6%, 0%, 3.3%, 18%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,440,010
CSS custom property--colour: #BDD1CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60684WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.14:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#422E35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0CECAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCCBCAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B9D1CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 8.5Silver · ΔE 9.3Gainsboro · ΔE 9.9Powder blue · ΔE 11.7Light blue · ΔE 13.1Dark grey · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D1BDC4
Analogous#BDD1C0, #BDCED1
Triadic#CABDD1, #D1CABD
Split complementary#D1BDCE, #D1C0BD
Tetradic#C0BDD1, #D1BDC4, #CED1BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9FBFA
Lighter +10%#DBE6E2
Darker −10%#9FBCB2
Darker −20%#81A79A
Darker −30%#659081
Darker −40%#507266
More saturated +25%#AFDFCE
Less saturated −25%#C7C7C7

Channel breakdown

R189
G209
B202
Red189 (74.1%)
Green209 (82%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue159°
Saturation (HSL)17.86%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BD · G D1 · B CA

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