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Recognised as Colour

#BDEEE5

  • #BDEEE5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BDEEE5 is a cyan with RGB values 189, 238, 229 and HSL 169°, 59%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BDEEE5#BDEEE5
HEX#BDEEE5
RGBrgb(189, 238, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.9333, 0.898
RGB percentages74.1%, 93.3%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(169, 59%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169, 20.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK20.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,447,461
CSS custom property--colour: #BDEEE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77625WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.53:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#42111A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9E8E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0E1E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B0F0EBno 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 text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6Powder blue · ΔE 9.1Light cyan · ΔE 10.7Honeydew · ΔE 14.1Light blue · ΔE 14.2Azure · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.04, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEBDC6
Analogous#BDEECD, #BDDFEE
Triadic#E5BDEE, #EEE5BD
Split complementary#EEBDDF, #EECDBD
Tetradic#CDBDEE, #EEBDC6, #DFEEBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6F8F5
Darker −10%#94E4D5
Darker −20%#6CD9C5
Darker −30%#43CFB5
Darker −40%#2EB199
More saturated +25%#B3F8EC
Less saturated −25%#C7E4DE

Channel breakdown

R189
G238
B229
Red189 (74.1%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue168.98°
Saturation (HSL)59.04%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BD · G EE · B E5

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