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Colour

#BBCED0

  • #BBCED0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#BBCED0 is a cyan with RGB values 187, 206, 208 and HSL 186°, 18%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#BBCED0#BBCED0
HEX#BBCED0
RGBrgb(187, 206, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.8078, 0.8157
RGB percentages73.3%, 80.8%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(185.7, 18.3%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.7, 10.1%, 81.6%)
CMYK10.1%, 1%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,308,176
CSS custom property--colour: #BBCED0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59261WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.85:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#44312F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBCCD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7C9D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B5D0CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 7.5Silver · ΔE 7.7Gainsboro · ΔE 9.3Light blue · ΔE 9.9Powder blue · ΔE 10.5Light steelblue · ΔE 13.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 7.47, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0BDBB
Analogous#BBD0C7, #BBC3D0
Triadic#D0BBCE, #CED0BB
Split complementary#D0BBC3, #D0C7BB
Tetradic#C7BBD0, #D0BDBB, #C3D0BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F9FA
Lighter +10%#D9E4E5
Darker −10%#9DB8BB
Darker −20%#7FA3A6
Darker −30%#638B8F
Darker −40%#4E6E71
More saturated +25%#ADDADE
Less saturated −25%#C5C5C5

Channel breakdown

R187
G206
B208
Red187 (73.3%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue185.71°
Saturation (HSL)18.26%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G CE · B D0

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