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Recognised as Colour

#BCBEDF

  • #BCBEDF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BCBEDF is a blue with RGB values 188, 190, 223 and HSL 237°, 35%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BCBEDF#BCBEDF
HEX#BCBEDF
RGBrgb(188, 190, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.7451, 0.8745
RGB percentages73.7%, 74.5%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(236.6, 35.4%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236.6, 15.7%, 87.5%)
CMYK15.7%, 14.8%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,369,631
CSS custom property--colour: #BCBEDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.57:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#434120

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6C1E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5BFDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#B5C3C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.4Thistle · ΔE 10.7Lavender · ΔE 15.9Silver · ΔE 17.7Light blue · ΔE 18.6Light grey · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFDDBC
Analogous#BCD0DF, #CBBCDF
Triadic#DFBCBE, #BEDFBC
Split complementary#DFCCBC, #D0DFBC
Tetradic#DFBCD0, #DFDDBC, #BCDFCC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFDFEF
Darker −10%#999DCF
Darker −20%#777BBE
Darker −30%#545AAE
Darker −40%#43478C
More saturated +25%#B0B3EB
Less saturated −25%#C8C9D3

Channel breakdown

R188
G190
B223
Red188 (73.7%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue236.57°
Saturation (HSL)35.35%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G BE · B DF

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