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Recognised as Colour

#BDE9EE

  • #BDE9EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BDE9EE is a cyan with RGB values 189, 233, 238 and HSL 186°, 59%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BDE9EE#BDE9EE
HEX#BDE9EE
RGBrgb(189, 233, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.9137, 0.9333
RGB percentages74.1%, 91.4%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(186.1, 59%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.1, 20.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK20.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,446,190
CSS custom property--colour: #BDE9EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7527WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.05:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#421611

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E5EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9DEEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Tritanopia#AEEDEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.6Light blue · ΔE 7.5Light cyan · ΔE 9.7Azure · ΔE 13.6Alice blue · ΔE 14.3
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.65, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEC2BD
Analogous#BDEEDB, #BDD1EE
Triadic#EEBDE9, #E9EEBD
Split complementary#EEBDD1, #EEDBBD
Tetradic#DBBDEE, #EEC2BD, #D1EEBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6F7F8
Darker −10%#94DBE4
Darker −20%#6CCED9
Darker −30%#43C0CF
Darker −40%#2EA4B1
More saturated +25%#B3F1F8
Less saturated −25%#C7E1E4

Channel breakdown

R189
G233
B238
Red189 (74.1%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue186.12°
Saturation (HSL)59.04%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G E9 · B EE

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