Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#BDEDE5

  • #BDEDE5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BDEDE5 is a cyan with RGB values 189, 237, 229 and HSL 170°, 57%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BDEDE5#BDEDE5
HEX#BDEDE5
RGBrgb(189, 237, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.9294, 0.898
RGB percentages74.1%, 92.9%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(170, 57.1%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170, 20.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK20.3%, 0%, 3.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,447,205
CSS custom property--colour: #BDEDE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77044WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.41:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#42121A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8E7E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFE1E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B0EFEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.9Powder blue · ΔE 8.5Light cyan · ΔE 10.5Light blue · ΔE 13.6Honeydew · ΔE 14.1Azure · ΔE 14.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDBDC5
Analogous#BDEDCD, #BDDDED
Triadic#E5BDED, #EDE5BD
Split complementary#EDBDDD, #EDCDBD
Tetradic#CDBDED, #EDBDC5, #DDEDBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E5F8F5
Darker −10%#95E2D5
Darker −20%#6DD7C5
Darker −30%#45CCB6
Darker −40%#30AE99
More saturated +25%#B3F8EC
Less saturated −25%#C8E3DE

Channel breakdown

R189
G237
B229
Red189 (74.1%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue170°
Saturation (HSL)57.14%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BD · G ED · B E5

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “bdede5” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.