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Recognised as Colour

#BDDEFA

  • #BDDEFA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BDDEFA is a blue with RGB values 189, 222, 250 and HSL 208°, 86%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BDDEFA#BDDEFA
HEX#BDDEFA
RGBrgb(189, 222, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.8706, 0.9804
RGB percentages74.1%, 87.1%, 98%
HSLhsl(207.5, 85.9%, 86.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.5, 24.4%, 98%)
CMYK24.4%, 11.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,443,386
CSS custom property--colour: #BDDEFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.99:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#422105

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3DEFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD7F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#ACE5E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.9Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Lavender · ΔE 12.4Powder blue · ΔE 13.1Sky blue · ΔE 13.3Light skyblue · ΔE 14.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAD9BD
Analogous#BDFAF8, #BDC0FA
Triadic#FABDDE, #DEFABD
Split complementary#FABDC0, #FAF7BD
Tetradic#F8BDFA, #FAD9BD, #C0FABD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECF6FE
Darker −10%#8EC6F6
Darker −20%#5EAFF3
Darker −30%#2F97EF
Darker −40%#117EDA
More saturated +25%#B8DEFF
Less saturated −25%#C6DDF1

Channel breakdown

R189
G222
B250
Red189 (74.1%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue207.54°
Saturation (HSL)85.92%
Lightness86.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G DE · B FA

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