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Recognised as Colour

#BACECD

  • #BACECD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#BACECD is a cyan with RGB values 186, 206, 205 and HSL 177°, 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

#BACECD#BACECD
HEX#BACECD
RGBrgb(186, 206, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.8078, 0.8039
RGB percentages72.9%, 80.8%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(177, 16.9%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177, 9.7%, 80.8%)
CMYK9.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,242,637
CSS custom property--colour: #BACECD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58989WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.8:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#453132

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBCCCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7C9CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#B5CFCEno 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 text12.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 7.9Silver · ΔE 8Gainsboro · ΔE 9.6Powder blue · ΔE 10.7Light blue · ΔE 10.8Dark grey · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 7.86, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEBABB
Analogous#BACEC3, #BAC5CE
Triadic#CDBACE, #CECDBA
Split complementary#CEBAC5, #CEC3BA
Tetradic#C3BACE, #CEBABB, #C5CEBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F8F8
Lighter +10%#D8E3E3
Darker −10%#9CB9B7
Darker −20%#7EA4A2
Darker −30%#638C8A
Darker −40%#4E6E6C
More saturated +25%#ABDDDA
Less saturated −25%#C4C4C4

Channel breakdown

R186
G206
B205
Red186 (72.9%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue177°
Saturation (HSL)16.95%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BA · G CE · B CD

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