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Recognised as Colour

#BDE5F4

  • #BDE5F4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BDE5F4 is a cyan with RGB values 189, 229, 244 and HSL 196°, 71%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BDE5F4#BDE5F4
HEX#BDE5F4
RGBrgb(189, 229, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.898, 0.9569
RGB percentages74.1%, 89.8%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(196.4, 71.4%, 84.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 22.5%, 95.7%)
CMYK22.5%, 6.1%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,445,172
CSS custom property--colour: #BDE5F4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73389WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.68:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#421A0B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCE2F5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4DCF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Tritanopia#ADEAEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5Powder blue · ΔE 6.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.3Light cyan · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 13.7Lavender · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 4.96, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F4CCBD
Analogous#BDF4E8, #BDCAF4
Triadic#F4BDE5, #E5F4BD
Split complementary#F4BDCA, #F4E8BD
Tetradic#E8BDF4, #F4CCBD, #CAF4BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9F6FB
Darker −10%#91D4ED
Darker −20%#66C3E5
Darker −30%#3AB1DE
Darker −40%#2198C4
More saturated +25%#B3E9FE
Less saturated −25%#C7E1EA

Channel breakdown

R189
G229
B244
Red189 (74.1%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue196.36°
Saturation (HSL)71.43%
Lightness84.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G E5 · B F4

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