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Recognised as Colour

#BCCDCA

  • #BCCDCA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#BCCDCA is a cyan with RGB values 188, 205, 202 and HSL 169°, 15%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BCCDCA#BCCDCA
HEX#BCCDCA
RGBrgb(188, 205, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8039, 0.7922
RGB percentages73.7%, 80.4%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(169.4, 14.5%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.4, 8.3%, 80.4%)
CMYK8.3%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,373,450
CSS custom property--colour: #BCCDCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.72:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#433235

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBCBCAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8C8CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B8CECCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.8 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 text12.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.2Light grey · ΔE 7.2Gainsboro · ΔE 9.2Powder blue · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 12.2Dark grey · ΔE 13.4
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.18, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDBCBF
Analogous#BCCDC2, #BCC8CD
Triadic#CABCCD, #CDCABC
Split complementary#CDBCC8, #CDC2BC
Tetradic#C2BCCD, #CDBCBF, #C8CDBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F9F8
Lighter +10%#D9E3E1
Darker −10%#9FB7B3
Darker −20%#82A19C
Darker −30%#678983
Darker −40%#516C67
More saturated +25%#ADDCD3
Less saturated −25%#C5C5C5

Channel breakdown

R188
G205
B202
Red188 (73.7%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue169.41°
Saturation (HSL)14.53%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BC · G CD · B CA

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