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Recognised as Colour

#BDF9F5

  • #BDF9F5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BDF9F5 is a cyan with RGB values 189, 249, 245 and HSL 176°, 83%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BDF9F5#BDF9F5
HEX#BDF9F5
RGBrgb(189, 249, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.9765, 0.9608
RGB percentages74.1%, 97.6%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(176, 83.3%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176, 24.1%, 97.6%)
CMYK24.1%, 0%, 1.6%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,450,293
CSS custom property--colour: #BDF9F5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85163WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness232.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.03:1
Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#42060A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2F3F5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6EAF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Tritanopia#AAFCF8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.5Powder blue · ΔE 10.3Light cyan · ΔE 10.4Light blue · ΔE 15.2Azure · ΔE 15.7Honeydew · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 4.46, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9BDC1
Analogous#BDF9D7, #BDDFF9
Triadic#F5BDF9, #F9F5BD
Split complementary#F9BDDF, #F9D7BD
Tetradic#D7BDF9, #F9BDC1, #DFF9BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECFDFC
Darker −10%#8EF5EE
Darker −20%#60F1E7
Darker −30%#31ECE0
Darker −40%#13D7CA
More saturated +25%#B7FFFA
Less saturated −25%#C6F0ED

Channel breakdown

R189
G249
B245
Red189 (74.1%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue176°
Saturation (HSL)83.33%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BD · G F9 · B F5

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