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Recognised as Colour

#BED3DC

  • #BED3DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BED3DC is a cyan with RGB values 190, 211, 220 and HSL 198°, 30%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BED3DC#BED3DC
HEX#BED3DC
RGBrgb(190, 211, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.8275, 0.8627
RGB percentages74.5%, 82.7%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(198, 30%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198, 13.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK13.6%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,506,076
CSS custom property--colour: #BED3DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62703WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.54:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#412C23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CED2DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9CEDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B6D6D6no 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 text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.4Light grey · ΔE 8.7Powder blue · ΔE 9.4Gainsboro · ΔE 9.7Silver · ΔE 10.2Light steelblue · ΔE 10.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.36, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCC7BE
Analogous#BEDCD6, #BEC4DC
Triadic#DCBED3, #D3DCBE
Split complementary#DCBEC4, #DCD6BE
Tetradic#D6BEDC, #DCC7BE, #C4DCBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFE9EE
Darker −10%#9DBDCA
Darker −20%#7CA6B8
Darker −30%#5B90A6
Darker −40%#487386
More saturated +25%#B2D8E9
Less saturated −25%#CBCED0

Channel breakdown

R190
G211
B220
Red190 (74.5%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue198°
Saturation (HSL)30%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G D3 · B DC

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