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Recognised as Colour

#BCCEDF

  • #BCCEDF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BCCEDF is a blue with RGB values 188, 206, 223 and HSL 209°, 35%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BCCEDF#BCCEDF
HEX#BCCEDF
RGBrgb(188, 206, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8078, 0.8745
RGB percentages73.7%, 80.8%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(209.1, 35.4%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.1, 15.7%, 87.5%)
CMYK15.7%, 7.6%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,373,727
CSS custom property--colour: #BCCEDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.03:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#433120

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8CEE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3CADFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B3D2D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6Light blue · ΔE 8.6Light grey · ΔE 11.1Silver · ΔE 11.6Lavender · ΔE 11.8Gainsboro · ΔE 12.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFCDBC
Analogous#BCDFDF, #BCBDDF
Triadic#DFBCCE, #CEDFBC
Split complementary#DFBCBD, #DFDEBC
Tetradic#DEBCDF, #DFCDBC, #BDDFBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFE7EF
Darker −10%#99B5CF
Darker −20%#779CBE
Darker −30%#5482AE
Darker −40%#43698C
More saturated +25%#B0CEEB
Less saturated −25%#C8CED3

Channel breakdown

R188
G206
B223
Red188 (73.7%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue209.14°
Saturation (HSL)35.35%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G CE · B DF

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