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Colour

#BACECC

  • #BACECC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#BACECC is a cyan with RGB values 186, 206, 204 and HSL 174°, 17%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#BACECC#BACECC
HEX#BACECC
RGBrgb(186, 206, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.8078, 0.8
RGB percentages72.9%, 80.8%, 80%
HSLhsl(174, 16.9%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174, 9.7%, 80.8%)
CMYK9.7%, 0%, 1%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,242,636
CSS custom property--colour: #BACECC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58941WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.79:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#453133

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCCCCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7C9CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#B5CFCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 7.9Silver · ΔE 8.1Gainsboro · ΔE 9.7Powder blue · ΔE 10.8Light blue · ΔE 11.1Dark grey · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 7.95, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEBABC
Analogous#BACEC2, #BAC6CE
Triadic#CCBACE, #CECCBA
Split complementary#CEBAC6, #CEC2BA
Tetradic#C2BACE, #CEBABC, #C6CEBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F8F8
Lighter +10%#D8E3E2
Darker −10%#9CB9B6
Darker −20%#7EA4A0
Darker −30%#638C88
Darker −40%#4E6E6B
More saturated +25%#ABDDD8
Less saturated −25%#C4C4C4

Channel breakdown

R186
G206
B204
Red186 (72.9%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue174°
Saturation (HSL)16.95%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BA · G CE · B CC

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