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Recognised as Colour

#BDE6EF

  • #BDE6EF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BDE6EF is a cyan with RGB values 189, 230, 239 and HSL 191°, 61%, 84%. 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

#BDE6EF#BDE6EF
HEX#BDE6EF
RGBrgb(189, 230, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.902, 0.9373
RGB percentages74.1%, 90.2%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(190.8, 61%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.8, 20.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK20.9%, 3.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,445,423
CSS custom property--colour: #BDE6EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73644WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.73:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#421910

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEE3F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DCEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Tritanopia#AEEAE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 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 text15.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.9Light blue · ΔE 5.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.7Light cyan · ΔE 10.7Alice blue · ΔE 13.8Azure · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.89, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFC6BD
Analogous#BDEFDF, #BDCDEF
Triadic#EFBDE6, #E6EFBD
Split complementary#EFBDCD, #EFDFBD
Tetradic#DFBDEF, #EFC6BD, #CDEFBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6F6F9
Darker −10%#94D6E5
Darker −20%#6BC7DB
Darker −30%#42B7D1
Darker −40%#2C9CB4
More saturated +25%#B3EDF9
Less saturated −25%#C7DFE5

Channel breakdown

R189
G230
B239
Red189 (74.1%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue190.8°
Saturation (HSL)60.98%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G E6 · B EF

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