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Colour

#BACDC6

  • #BACDC6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#BACDC6 is a cyan with RGB values 186, 205, 198 and HSL 158°, 16%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BACDC6#BACDC6
HEX#BACDC6
RGBrgb(186, 205, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.8039, 0.7765
RGB percentages72.9%, 80.4%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(157.9, 16%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157.9, 9.3%, 80.4%)
CMYK9.3%, 0%, 3.4%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,242,374
CSS custom property--colour: #BACDC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58179WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.64:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#453239

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCCAC6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8C8C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B6CDCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 8.5Light grey · ΔE 8.7Gainsboro · ΔE 10.5Powder blue · ΔE 12.4Light blue · ΔE 13.5Dark grey · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 8.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDBAC1
Analogous#BACDBC, #BACBCD
Triadic#C6BACD, #CDC6BA
Split complementary#CDBACB, #CDBCBA
Tetradic#BCBACD, #CDBAC1, #CBCDBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5F8F7
Lighter +10%#D8E2DE
Darker −10%#9CB8AE
Darker −20%#7FA295
Darker −30%#648A7C
Darker −40%#4F6C61
More saturated +25%#ABDCCA
Less saturated −25%#C3C3C3

Channel breakdown

R186
G205
B198
Red186 (72.9%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue157.89°
Saturation (HSL)15.97%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BA · G CD · B C6

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