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Recognised as Colour

#BDD4DF

  • #BDD4DF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BDD4DF is a cyan with RGB values 189, 212, 223 and HSL 199°, 35%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BDD4DF#BDD4DF
HEX#BDD4DF
RGBrgb(189, 212, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.8314, 0.8745
RGB percentages74.1%, 83.1%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(199.4, 34.7%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.4, 15.2%, 87.5%)
CMYK15.2%, 4.9%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,440,799
CSS custom property--colour: #BDD4DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63233WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.65:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#422B20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CED3E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9CEDFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B4D7D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.5Powder blue · ΔE 9Light grey · ΔE 9.7Light steelblue · ΔE 9.8Gainsboro · ΔE 10.6Silver · ΔE 11.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFC8BD
Analogous#BDDFD9, #BDC3DF
Triadic#DFBDD4, #D4DFBD
Split complementary#DFBDC3, #DFD9BD
Tetradic#D9BDDF, #DFC8BD, #C3DFBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFEAF0
Darker −10%#9BBECE
Darker −20%#78A7BE
Darker −30%#5691AD
Darker −40%#44758C
More saturated +25%#B1D8EB
Less saturated −25%#C9D0D3

Channel breakdown

R189
G212
B223
Red189 (74.1%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue199.41°
Saturation (HSL)34.69%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G D4 · B DF

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