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Recognised as Colour

#BDDDDD

  • #BDDDDD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BDDDDD is a cyan with RGB values 189, 221, 221 and HSL 180°, 32%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BDDDDD#BDDDDD
HEX#BDDDDD
RGBrgb(189, 221, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.8667, 0.8667
RGB percentages74.1%, 86.7%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(180, 32%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 14.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK14.5%, 0%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,443,101
CSS custom property--colour: #BDDDDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67752WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.55:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#422222

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9DADDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D5DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Tritanopia#B4DFDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 5.7Light blue · ΔE 8.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.5Light grey · ΔE 11.1Gainsboro · ΔE 11.2Light cyan · ΔE 12
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 5.75, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFEEEE
Darker −10%#9BCCCC
Darker −20%#7ABABA
Darker −30%#58A9A9
Darker −40%#468888
More saturated +25%#B1EAEA
Less saturated −25%#CAD1D1

Channel breakdown

R189
G221
B221
Red189 (74.1%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)32%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR BD · G DD · B DD

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