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Recognised as Colour

#BEDFED

  • #BEDFED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BEDFED is a cyan with RGB values 190, 223, 237 and HSL 198°, 57%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BEDFED#BEDFED
HEX#BEDFED
RGBrgb(190, 223, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.8745, 0.9294
RGB percentages74.5%, 87.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(197.9, 56.6%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.9, 19.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK19.8%, 5.9%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,509,165
CSS custom property--colour: #BEDFED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.97:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#412012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7DDEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0D7EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B1E3E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 4.5Powder blue · ΔE 6.7Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Lavender · ΔE 12.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.8Gainsboro · ΔE 13.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 4.45, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDCCBE
Analogous#BEEDE4, #BEC8ED
Triadic#EDBEDF, #DFEDBE
Split complementary#EDBEC8, #EDE4BE
Tetradic#E4BEED, #EDCCBE, #C8EDBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6F3F8
Darker −10%#96CBE2
Darker −20%#6EB8D7
Darker −30%#46A4CC
Darker −40%#3089AF
More saturated +25%#B4E3F7
Less saturated −25%#C8DBE3

Channel breakdown

R190
G223
B237
Red190 (74.5%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue197.87°
Saturation (HSL)56.63%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G DF · B ED

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