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Recognised as Colour

#BCAEFB

  • #BCAEFB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#BCAEFB is a blue with RGB values 188, 174, 251 and HSL 251°, 91%, 83%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BCAEFB#BCAEFB
HEX#BCAEFB
RGBrgb(188, 174, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6824, 0.9843
RGB percentages73.7%, 68.2%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(250.9, 90.6%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250.9, 30.7%, 98.4%)
CMYK25.1%, 30.7%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,365,563
CSS custom property--colour: #BCAEFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47929WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.59:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#435104

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB9FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BB7F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AFBBCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.6Thistle · ΔE 28.7Medium purple · ΔE 28.8Light steelblue · ΔE 30.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 33
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDFBAE
Analogous#AEC7FB, #E3AEFB
Triadic#FBBCAE, #AEFBBC
Split complementary#FBE2AE, #C7FBAE
Tetradic#FBAEC7, #EDFBAE, #AEFBE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4DFFD
Darker −10%#947DF9
Darker −20%#6C4DF6
Darker −30%#431CF4
Darker −40%#2F0AD3
More saturated +25%#B9AAFF
Less saturated −25%#C3B9F0

Channel breakdown

R188
G174
B251
Red188 (73.7%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue250.91°
Saturation (HSL)90.59%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G AE · B FB

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