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Colour

#BCBFCA

  • #BCBFCA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#BCBFCA is a blue with RGB values 188, 191, 202 and HSL 227°, 12%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BCBFCA#BCBFCA
HEX#BCBFCA
RGBrgb(188, 191, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.749, 0.7922
RGB percentages73.7%, 74.9%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(227.1, 11.7%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.1, 6.9%, 79.2%)
CMYK6.9%, 5.4%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,369,866
CSS custom property--colour: #BCBFCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52217WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.44:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#434035

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCC0CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBBFCAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B9C1C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 6Light grey · ΔE 9.3Light steelblue · ΔE 9.7Dark grey · ΔE 10.1Gainsboro · ΔE 12Thistle · ΔE 12.9
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 5.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAC7BC
Analogous#BCC6CA, #C0BCCA
Triadic#CABCBF, #BFCABC
Split complementary#CAC0BC, #C6CABC
Tetradic#CABCC6, #CAC7BC, #BCCAC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5F5F7
Lighter +10%#D8DAE1
Darker −10%#A0A4B3
Darker −20%#83899D
Darker −30%#696F84
Darker −40%#525768
More saturated +25%#ADB6D9
Less saturated −25%#C3C3C3

Channel breakdown

R188
G191
B202
Red188 (73.7%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue227.14°
Saturation (HSL)11.67%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G BF · B CA

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