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Colour

#BBC8CC

  • #BBC8CC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#BBC8CC is a cyan with RGB values 187, 200, 204 and HSL 194°, 14%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BBC8CC#BBC8CC
HEX#BBC8CC
RGBrgb(187, 200, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7843, 0.8
RGB percentages73.3%, 78.4%, 80%
HSLhsl(194.1, 14.3%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 8.3%, 80%)
CMYK8.3%, 2%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,306,636
CSS custom property--colour: #BBC8CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56233WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.25:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#443733

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5C7CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2C5CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#B7CAC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 5.5Light grey · ΔE 7Gainsboro · ΔE 9.5Light blue · ΔE 11.5Dark grey · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 12
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 5.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCBFBB
Analogous#BBCCC7, #BBBFCC
Triadic#CCBBC8, #C8CCBB
Split complementary#CCBBBF, #CCC7BB
Tetradic#C7BBCC, #CCBFBB, #BFCCBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5F7F8
Lighter +10%#D8E0E2
Darker −10%#9EB0B6
Darker −20%#8199A0
Darker −30%#668088
Darker −40%#50656B
More saturated +25%#ACD0DB
Less saturated −25%#C3C3C3

Channel breakdown

R187
G200
B204
Red187 (73.3%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue194.12°
Saturation (HSL)14.29%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G C8 · B CC

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