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Recognised as Colour

#BDDEFF

  • #BDDEFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BDDEFF is a blue with RGB values 189, 222, 255 and HSL 210°, 100%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BDDEFF#BDDEFF
HEX#BDDEFF
RGBrgb(189, 222, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.8706, 1
RGB percentages74.1%, 87.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(210, 100%, 87.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 25.9%, 100%)
CMYK25.9%, 12.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,443,391
CSS custom property--colour: #BDDEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.06:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#422100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD7FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Tritanopia#AAE6E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10Light blue · ΔE 11.4Lavender · ΔE 13.2Light skyblue · ΔE 13.6Sky blue · ΔE 13.8Powder blue · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFDEBD
Analogous#BDFFFF, #BDBDFF
Triadic#FFBDDE, #DEFFBD
Split complementary#FFBDBD, #FFFFBD
Tetradic#FFBDFF, #FFDEBD, #BDFFBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F0F8FF
Darker −10%#8AC5FF
Darker −20%#57ABFF
Darker −30%#2492FF
Darker −40%#0078F0
More saturated +25%#BDDEFF
Less saturated −25%#C5DEF7

Channel breakdown

R189
G222
B255
Red189 (74.1%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness87.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G DE · B FF

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