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Recognised as Colour

#BCCBDA

  • #BCCBDA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BCCBDA is a blue with RGB values 188, 203, 218 and HSL 210°, 29%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BCCBDA#BCCBDA
HEX#BCCBDA
RGBrgb(188, 203, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.7961, 0.8549
RGB percentages73.7%, 79.6%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(210, 28.8%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 13.8%, 85.5%)
CMYK13.8%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,372,954
CSS custom property--colour: #BCCBDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58465WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.69:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#433425

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6CBDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2C8DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B5CED0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.6Light blue · ΔE 9.5Silver · ΔE 10Light grey · ΔE 10.1Gainsboro · ΔE 11.6Lavender · ΔE 12.3
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#DACBBC
Analogous#BCDADA, #BCBCDA
Triadic#DABCCB, #CBDABC
Split complementary#DABCBC, #DADABC
Tetradic#DABCDA, #DACBBC, #BCDABC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFE
Lighter +10%#DDE5EC
Darker −10%#9BB2C8
Darker −20%#7A98B6
Darker −30%#5A7FA3
Darker −40%#486582
More saturated +25%#AFCBE7
Less saturated −25%#C9CBCD

Channel breakdown

R188
G203
B218
Red188 (73.7%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)28.85%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G CB · B DA

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