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Recognised as Colour

#BDE9DB

  • #BDE9DB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BDE9DB is a cyan with RGB values 189, 233, 219 and HSL 161°, 50%, 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 Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BDE9DB#BDE9DB
HEX#BDE9DB
RGBrgb(189, 233, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.9137, 0.8588
RGB percentages74.1%, 91.4%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(160.9, 50%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.9, 18.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK18.9%, 0%, 6%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,446,171
CSS custom property--colour: #BDE9DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74211WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.1 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#421624

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E3DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDDDDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B3EAE5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 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

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9Powder blue · ΔE 10.9Light cyan · ΔE 12.5Honeydew · ΔE 13.8Light blue · ΔE 15.8Azure · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.98, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9BDCB
Analogous#BDE9C5, #BDE1E9
Triadic#DBBDE9, #E9DBBD
Split complementary#E9BDE1, #E9C5BD
Tetradic#C5BDE9, #E9BDCB, #E1E9BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E3F6F0
Darker −10%#97DCC6
Darker −20%#70CFB1
Darker −30%#4AC39C
Darker −40%#37A381
More saturated +25%#B2F4DF
Less saturated −25%#C8DED7

Channel breakdown

R189
G233
B219
Red189 (74.1%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue160.91°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BD · G E9 · B DB

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