#bdeaef

Color #bdeaef

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 3.84 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bdeaef

RGB

rgb(189, 234, 239)

HSL

hsl(186, 61%, 83.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186, 20.9%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(89.81, -13.35, -7.2)

LCH

lch(89.81, 15.17, 208.34)

OKLCH

oklch(90.7%, 0.0469, 204.71)

HWB

hwb(186, 74.1%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efc2bd

Analogous

#bdefdb

#bdeaef

#bdd1ef

Triadic

#bdeaef

#efbdea

#eaefbd

Split-complementary

#bdeaef

#efbdd1

#efdbbd

Tetradic

#bdeaef

#c2bdef

#efc2bd

#eaefbd

Square

#bdeaef

#dbbdef

#efc2bd

#d1efbd

Shades

Color #bdeaef mixed toward black.

#83d8e1

#4ac5d3

#2a9fac

#1c6a73

#0e3539

Tints

Color #bdeaef mixed toward white.

#c8edf2

#d3f1f4

#def4f7

#e9f8fa

#f4fbfc

Tones

Color #bdeaef mixed toward gray.

#c1e7eb

#c5e3e7

#c9e0e2

#ceddde

#d2d9da

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d2d2ee · ΔE 20.4

Deuteranopia

#cfccee · ΔE 22.4

Tritanopia

#c0eded · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#e2e2e2 · ΔE 14.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdeaef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdeaef]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#bdeaef (#bdeaef) is rgb(189, 234, 239) in RGB.

No, #bdeaef 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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