#bde9eb

Color #bde9eb

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 4.08 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bde9eb

RGB

rgb(189, 233, 235)

HSL

hsl(182.6, 53.5%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.6, 19.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(89.44, -13.69, -5.66)

LCH

lch(89.44, 14.81, 202.46)

OKLCH

oklch(90.4%, 0.0455, 199.79)

HWB

hwb(182.6, 74.1%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebbfbd

Analogous

#bdebd6

#bde9eb

#bdd2eb

Triadic

#bde9eb

#ebbde9

#e9ebbd

Split-complementary

#bde9eb

#ebbdd2

#ebd6bd

Tetradic

#bde9eb

#bfbdeb

#ebbfbd

#e9ebbd

Square

#bde9eb

#d6bdeb

#ebbfbd

#d2ebbd

Shades

Color #bde9eb mixed toward black.

#87d7db

#50c5ca

#319ea3

#21696c

#103536

Tints

Color #bde9eb mixed toward white.

#c8edee

#d3f0f2

#def4f5

#e9f8f8

#f4fbfc

Tones

Color #bde9eb mixed toward gray.

#c1e5e7

#c5e2e3

#c8dedf

#ccdbdc

#d0d7d8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d2d2eb · ΔE 20.2

Deuteranopia

#cfccea · ΔE 22.4

Tritanopia

#c0eaea · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#e1e1e1 · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bde9eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bde9eb]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#bde9eb (#bde9eb) is rgb(189, 233, 235) in RGB.

No, #bde9eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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