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Recognised as Colour

#BBCECD

  • #BBCECD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#BBCECD is a cyan with RGB values 187, 206, 205 and HSL 177°, 16%, 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

#BBCECD#BBCECD
HEX#BBCECD
RGBrgb(187, 206, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8078, 0.8039
RGB percentages73.3%, 80.8%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(176.8, 16.2%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.8, 9.2%, 80.8%)
CMYK9.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,308,173
CSS custom property--colour: #BBCECD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59115WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.82:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#443132

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBCCCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8C9CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#B6CFCEno 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 text12.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 7.5Silver · ΔE 7.7Gainsboro · ΔE 9.3Powder blue · ΔE 10.9Light blue · ΔE 11Dark grey · ΔE 13.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 7.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEBBBC
Analogous#BBCEC3, #BBC5CE
Triadic#CDBBCE, #CECDBB
Split complementary#CEBBC5, #CEC3BB
Tetradic#C3BBCE, #CEBBBC, #C5CEBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F9F9
Lighter +10%#D9E3E3
Darker −10%#9DB9B7
Darker −20%#80A3A1
Darker −30%#658B89
Darker −40%#4F6E6C
More saturated +25%#ACDDDA
Less saturated −25%#C4C4C4

Channel breakdown

R187
G206
B205
Red187 (73.3%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue176.84°
Saturation (HSL)16.24%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BB · G CE · B CD

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