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Recognised as Colour

#BCCEED

  • #BCCEED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BCCEED is a blue with RGB values 188, 206, 237 and HSL 218°, 58%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BCCEED#BCCEED
HEX#BCCEED
RGBrgb(188, 206, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8078, 0.9294
RGB percentages73.7%, 80.8%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(218, 57.6%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218, 20.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK20.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,373,741
CSS custom property--colour: #BCCEED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60948WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.19:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#433112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4CFEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFCBECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B0D4D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.7Lavender · ΔE 12.6Light blue · ΔE 12.8Thistle · ΔE 15.3Sky blue · ΔE 16.1Light skyblue · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.73, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDDBBC
Analogous#BCE7ED, #C3BCED
Triadic#EDBCCE, #CEEDBC
Split complementary#EDC3BC, #E7EDBC
Tetradic#EDBCE7, #EDDBBC, #BCEDC3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4EBF8
Darker −10%#94B1E2
Darker −20%#6C93D7
Darker −30%#4376CD
Darker −40%#2F5EAE
More saturated +25%#B1CBF8
Less saturated −25%#C7D1E2

Channel breakdown

R188
G206
B237
Red188 (73.7%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue217.96°
Saturation (HSL)57.65%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G CE · B ED

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