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Recognised as Colour

#BCCCCB

  • #BCCCCB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#BCCCCB is a cyan with RGB values 188, 204, 203 and HSL 176°, 14%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BCCCCB#BCCCCB
HEX#BCCCCB
RGBrgb(188, 204, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8, 0.7961
RGB percentages73.7%, 80%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(176.2, 13.6%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.2, 7.8%, 80%)
CMYK7.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,373,195
CSS custom property--colour: #BCCCCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58189WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.64:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#433334

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CACACBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7C8CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B8CDCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 6.6Light grey · ΔE 6.9Gainsboro · ΔE 9Light blue · ΔE 11.8Powder blue · ΔE 12Dark grey · ΔE 13
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 6.56, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCBCBD
Analogous#BCCCC3, #BCC5CC
Triadic#CBBCCC, #CCCBBC
Split complementary#CCBCC5, #CCC3BC
Tetradic#C3BCCC, #CCBCBD, #C5CCBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F8F8
Lighter +10%#D9E2E1
Darker −10%#9FB6B5
Darker −20%#82A09E
Darker −30%#678886
Darker −40%#516B69
More saturated +25%#ADDBD8
Less saturated −25%#C4C4C4

Channel breakdown

R188
G204
B203
Red188 (73.7%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue176.25°
Saturation (HSL)13.56%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BC · G CC · B CB

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