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Recognised as Colour

#BFDDE7

  • #BFDDE7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BFDDE7 is a cyan with RGB values 191, 221, 231 and HSL 195°, 45%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BFDDE7#BFDDE7
HEX#BFDDE7
RGBrgb(191, 221, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.8667, 0.9059
RGB percentages74.9%, 86.7%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(195, 45.5%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 17.3%, 90.6%)
CMYK17.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,574,183
CSS custom property--colour: #BFDDE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68559WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.71:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#402218

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7DBE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0D6E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B4E1E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.1Powder blue · ΔE 6.3Gainsboro · ΔE 11.4Light grey · ΔE 11.5Light steelblue · ΔE 12.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.13, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7C9BF
Analogous#BFE7DD, #BFC9E7
Triadic#E7BFDD, #DDE7BF
Split complementary#E7BFC9, #E7DDBF
Tetradic#DDBFE7, #E7C9BF, #C9E7BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4F1F5
Darker −10%#9AC9D9
Darker −20%#75B6CB
Darker −30%#50A2BD
Darker −40%#3B869F
More saturated +25%#B4E3F2
Less saturated −25%#CAD7DC

Channel breakdown

R191
G221
B231
Red191 (74.9%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)45.45%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G DD · B E7

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