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Recognised as Colour

#BED8DF

  • #BED8DF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BED8DF is a cyan with RGB values 190, 216, 223 and HSL 193°, 34%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BED8DF#BED8DF
HEX#BED8DF
RGBrgb(190, 216, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.8471, 0.8745
RGB percentages74.5%, 84.7%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(192.7, 34%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.7, 14.8%, 87.5%)
CMYK14.8%, 3.1%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,507,359
CSS custom property--colour: #BED8DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.08:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#412720

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D6DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD1DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B5DBDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.4Powder blue · ΔE 7.2Light grey · ΔE 9.6Gainsboro · ΔE 10.1Silver · ΔE 11.9Light steelblue · ΔE 12.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.38, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFC5BE
Analogous#BEDFD6, #BEC8DF
Triadic#DFBED8, #D8DFBE
Split complementary#DFBEC7, #DFD6BE
Tetradic#D6BEDF, #DFC5BE, #C8DFBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E0EDF0
Darker −10%#9CC3CE
Darker −20%#7AAFBD
Darker −30%#579AAD
Darker −40%#457D8C
More saturated +25%#B2DFEB
Less saturated −25%#CAD1D3

Channel breakdown

R190
G216
B223
Red190 (74.5%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue192.73°
Saturation (HSL)34.02%
Lightness80.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G D8 · B DF

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