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Recognised as Colour

#BCBEED

  • #BCBEED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BCBEED is a blue with RGB values 188, 190, 237 and HSL 238°, 58%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BCBEED#BCBEED
HEX#BCBEED
RGBrgb(188, 190, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.7451, 0.9294
RGB percentages73.7%, 74.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(237.6, 57.6%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.6, 20.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK20.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,369,645
CSS custom property--colour: #BCBEED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.73:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#434112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2C3EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0C0ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B1C6CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 13.2Thistle · ΔE 15Lavender · ΔE 20.1Light skyblue · ΔE 20.5Light blue · ΔE 23.9Sky blue · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 13.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDEBBC
Analogous#BCD7ED, #D3BCED
Triadic#EDBCBE, #BEEDBC
Split complementary#EDD3BC, #D7EDBC
Tetradic#EDBCD7, #EDEBBC, #BCEDD3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4E5F8
Darker −10%#9497E2
Darker −20%#6C70D7
Darker −30%#4349CD
Darker −40%#2F34AE
More saturated +25%#B1B4F8
Less saturated −25%#C7C8E2

Channel breakdown

R188
G190
B237
Red188 (73.7%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue237.55°
Saturation (HSL)57.65%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G BE · B ED

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