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Recognised as Colour

#BCCDD0

  • #BCCDD0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#BCCDD0 is a cyan with RGB values 188, 205, 208 and HSL 189°, 18%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#BCCDD0#BCCDD0
HEX#BCCDD0
RGBrgb(188, 205, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8039, 0.8157
RGB percentages73.7%, 80.4%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(189, 17.5%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189, 9.6%, 81.6%)
CMYK9.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,373,456
CSS custom property--colour: #BCCDD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58908WCAG 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 12.78:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#43322F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CACBD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6C9D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B7CFCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 7Silver · ΔE 7.1Gainsboro · ΔE 9Light blue · ΔE 10.2Powder blue · ΔE 11.2Light steelblue · ΔE 12.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 7.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0BFBC
Analogous#BCD0C9, #BCC3D0
Triadic#D0BCCD, #CDD0BC
Split complementary#D0BCC3, #D0C9BC
Tetradic#C9BCD0, #D0BFBC, #C3D0BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8FAFA
Lighter +10%#DAE3E5
Darker −10%#9EB7BB
Darker −20%#80A0A6
Darker −30%#64888F
Darker −40%#4F6C71
More saturated +25%#AED7DE
Less saturated −25%#C6C6C6

Channel breakdown

R188
G205
B208
Red188 (73.7%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue189°
Saturation (HSL)17.54%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G CD · B D0

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