Colour

#BBCDCB

#BBCDCB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Silver

#BBCDCB is a cyan with RGB values 187, 205, 203 and HSL 173°, 15%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BBCDCB#BBCDCB

HEX#BBCDCB

RGBrgb(187, 205, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8039, 0.7961

RGB percentages73.3%, 80.4%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(173.3, 15.3%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.3, 8.8%, 80.4%)

CMYK8.8%, 0%, 1%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,307,915

CSS custom property--colour: #BBCDCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.71:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#443234

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CBCBCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7C8CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B6CECCno 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 text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.3 Light grey · ΔE 7.4 Gainsboro · ΔE 9.4 Powder blue · ΔE 11.5 Light blue · ΔE 11.6 Dark grey · ΔE 13.5

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.35, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CDBBBD

Analogous#BBCDC2, #BBC6CD

Triadic#CBBBCD, #CDCBBB

Split complementary#CDBBC6, #CDC2BB

Tetradic#C2BBCD, #CDBBBD, #C6CDBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6F8F8

Lighter +10%#D8E3E1

Darker −10%#9EB7B5

Darker −20%#80A29E

Darker −30%#658A86

Darker −40%#506C69

More saturated +25%#ACDCD6

Less saturated −25%#C4C4C4

Channel breakdown

R187

G205

B203

Red187 (73.3%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue173.33°

Saturation (HSL)15.25%

Lightness76.86%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR BB · G CD · B CB

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Colour values

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Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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