#bde2e6

Color #bde2e6

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 3.78 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bde2e6

RGB

rgb(189, 226, 230)

HSL

hsl(185.9, 45.1%, 82.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.9, 17.8%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.8%, 1.7%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(87.45, -11.19, -5.97)

LCH

lch(87.45, 12.68, 208.08)

OKLCH

oklch(88.8%, 0.0391, 204.47)

HWB

hwb(185.9, 74.1%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6c1bd

Analogous

#bde6d6

#bde2e6

#bdcee6

Triadic

#bde2e6

#e6bde2

#e2e6bd

Split-complementary

#bde2e6

#e6bdce

#e6d6bd

Tetradic

#bde2e6

#c1bde6

#e6c1bd

#e2e6bd

Square

#bde2e6

#d6bde6

#e6c1bd

#cee6bd

Shades

Color #bde2e6 mixed toward black.

#8accd3

#58b5c0

#3a8f98

#265f65

#133033

Tints

Color #bde2e6 mixed toward white.

#c8e7ea

#d3ecee

#def1f3

#e9f5f7

#f4fafb

Tones

Color #bde2e6 mixed toward gray.

#c1dfe3

#c4dddf

#c7dadc

#cbd7d8

#ced4d5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cecee5 · ΔE 18

Deuteranopia

#ccc9e5 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#bfe4e4 · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#dbdbdb · ΔE 12.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bde2e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bde2e6]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#bde2e6 (#bde2e6) is rgb(189, 226, 230) in RGB.

No, #bde2e6 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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