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Recognised as Colour

#BCBEFC

  • #BCBEFC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BCBEFC is a blue with RGB values 188, 190, 252 and HSL 238°, 91%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BCBEFC#BCBEFC
HEX#BCBEFC
RGBrgb(188, 190, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.7451, 0.9882
RGB percentages73.7%, 74.5%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(238.1, 91.4%, 86.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.1, 25.4%, 98.8%)
CMYK25.4%, 24.6%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,369,660
CSS custom property--colour: #BCBEFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54547WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.91:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#434103

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADC5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABC1FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#ADC9D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 20.7Thistle · ΔE 21.6Plum · ΔE 22.6Light skyblue · ΔE 23.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.3Lavender · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 20.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCFABC
Analogous#BCDEFC, #DABCFC
Triadic#FCBCBE, #BEFCBC
Split complementary#FCDABC, #DEFCBC
Tetradic#FCBCDE, #FCFABC, #BCFCDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDEDFE
Darker −10%#8B8FFA
Darker −20%#5A5FF8
Darker −30%#2A30F5
Darker −40%#0A11E2
More saturated +25%#B9BBFF
Less saturated −25%#C5C6F3

Channel breakdown

R188
G190
B252
Red188 (73.7%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue238.13°
Saturation (HSL)91.43%
Lightness86.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G BE · B FC

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