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Colour

#BCC7EB

  • #BCC7EB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BCC7EB is a blue with RGB values 188, 199, 235 and HSL 226°, 54%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BCC7EB#BCC7EB
HEX#BCC7EB
RGBrgb(188, 199, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.7804, 0.9216
RGB percentages73.7%, 78%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(226, 54%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226, 20%, 92.2%)
CMYK20%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,371,947
CSS custom property--colour: #BCC7EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57536WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.51:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#433814

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDCAEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C6EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B1CED3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.6Thistle · ΔE 13.7Lavender · ΔE 14.7Light blue · ΔE 16.8Light skyblue · ΔE 17.3Sky blue · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBE0BC
Analogous#BCDEEB, #C9BCEB
Triadic#EBBCC7, #C7EBBC
Split complementary#EBC9BC, #DEEBBC
Tetradic#EBBCDE, #EBE0BC, #BCEBC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E3E8F7
Darker −10%#95A6DF
Darker −20%#6D85D4
Darker −30%#4665C8
Darker −40%#324EA9
More saturated +25%#B1C1F6
Less saturated −25%#C7CDE0

Channel breakdown

R188
G199
B235
Red188 (73.7%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue225.96°
Saturation (HSL)54.02%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G C7 · B EB

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