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Recognised as Colour

#BDECFC

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

#BDECFC is a cyan with RGB values 189, 236, 252 and HSL 195°, 91%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BDECFC#BDECFC
HEX#BDECFC
RGBrgb(189, 236, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.9255, 0.9882
RGB percentages74.1%, 92.5%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(195.2, 91.3%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.2, 25%, 98.8%)
CMYK25%, 6.3%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,446,972
CSS custom property--colour: #BDECFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.57:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#421303

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E9FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8E1FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AAF2F1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7Light blue · ΔE 7Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.3Light cyan · ΔE 11.8Alice blue · ΔE 14.7Sky blue · ΔE 14.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCCDBD
Analogous#BDFCEC, #BDCDFC
Triadic#FCBDEC, #ECFCBD
Split complementary#FCBDCD, #FCEDBD
Tetradic#ECBDFC, #FCCDBD, #CDFCBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EEFAFE
Darker −10%#8CDEFA
Darker −20%#5BD0F8
Darker −30%#2BC2F5
Darker −40%#0AACE3
More saturated +25%#BAEDFF
Less saturated −25%#C6E8F3

Channel breakdown

R189
G236
B252
Red189 (74.1%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue195.24°
Saturation (HSL)91.3%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G EC · B FC

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