Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#BDE6E9

  • #BDE6E9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BDE6E9 is a cyan with RGB values 189, 230, 233 and HSL 184°, 50%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BDE6E9#BDE6E9
HEX#BDE6E9
RGBrgb(189, 230, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.902, 0.9137
RGB percentages74.1%, 90.2%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(184.1, 50%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.1, 18.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK18.9%, 1.3%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,445,417
CSS custom property--colour: #BDE6E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73296WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.66:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#421916

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E2E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7DCE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B0E9E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 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 text15.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.2Light blue · ΔE 7.6Light cyan · ΔE 10Azure · ΔE 13.6Gainsboro · ΔE 13.9
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.59, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9C0BD
Analogous#BDE9D6, #BDD0E9
Triadic#E9BDE6, #E6E9BD
Split complementary#E9BDD0, #E9D6BD
Tetradic#D6BDE9, #E9C0BD, #D0E9BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E3F4F6
Darker −10%#97D8DC
Darker −20%#70C9CF
Darker −30%#4ABBC3
Darker −40%#379CA3
More saturated +25%#B2F0F4
Less saturated −25%#C8DDDE

Channel breakdown

R189
G230
B233
Red189 (74.1%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue184.09°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G E6 · B E9

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “bde6e9” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.