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Recognised as Colour

#BDE8E5

  • #BDE8E5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BDE8E5 is a cyan with RGB values 189, 232, 229 and HSL 176°, 48%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BDE8E5#BDE8E5
HEX#BDE8E5
RGBrgb(189, 232, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.9098, 0.898
RGB percentages74.1%, 91%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(175.8, 48.3%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.8, 18.5%, 91%)
CMYK18.5%, 0%, 1.3%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,445,925
CSS custom property--colour: #BDE8E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74189WCAG 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 15.84:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#42171A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E3E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Deuteranopia#DADDE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B1EBE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 5.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.2Light cyan · ΔE 9.9Light blue · ΔE 10.4Azure · ΔE 13.8Honeydew · ΔE 14.6
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 5.66, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8BDC0
Analogous#BDE8D0, #BDD5E8
Triadic#E5BDE8, #E8E5BD
Split complementary#E8BDD5, #E8D0BD
Tetradic#D0BDE8, #E8BDC0, #D5E8BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E3F5F4
Darker −10%#97DBD6
Darker −20%#71CEC7
Darker −30%#4CC0B8
Darker −40%#38A19A
More saturated +25%#B2F3EF
Less saturated −25%#C8DDDB

Channel breakdown

R189
G232
B229
Red189 (74.1%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue175.81°
Saturation (HSL)48.31%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BD · G E8 · B E5

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