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Colour

#BCCBEA

  • #BCCBEA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BCCBEA is a blue with RGB values 188, 203, 234 and HSL 220°, 52%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BCCBEA#BCCBEA
HEX#BCCBEA
RGBrgb(188, 203, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.7961, 0.9176
RGB percentages73.7%, 79.6%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(220.4, 52.3%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.4, 19.7%, 91.8%)
CMYK19.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,372,970
CSS custom property--colour: #BCCBEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.87:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#433415

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2CDECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC9E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B1D1D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.4Lavender · ΔE 12.9Light blue · ΔE 13.6Thistle · ΔE 14.3Light skyblue · ΔE 16.8Sky blue · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.39, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EADBBC
Analogous#BCE2EA, #C4BCEA
Triadic#EABCCB, #CBEABC
Split complementary#EAC4BC, #E2EABC
Tetradic#EABCE2, #EADBBC, #BCEAC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E3E9F6
Darker −10%#95ADDE
Darker −20%#6E8FD2
Darker −30%#4871C5
Darker −40%#3459A6
More saturated +25%#B1C7F5
Less saturated −25%#C7CFDF

Channel breakdown

R188
G203
B234
Red188 (73.7%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue220.43°
Saturation (HSL)52.27%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G CB · B EA

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