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Recognised as Colour

#BCCEFA

  • #BCCEFA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BCCEFA is a blue with RGB values 188, 206, 250 and HSL 223°, 86%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BCCEFA#BCCEFA
HEX#BCCEFA
RGBrgb(188, 206, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8078, 0.9804
RGB percentages73.7%, 80.8%, 98%
HSLhsl(222.6, 86.1%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.6, 24.8%, 98%)
CMYK24.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,373,754
CSS custom property--colour: #BCCEFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61736WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.35:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#433105

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1D1FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBCCF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#ACD7DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.5Light skyblue · ΔE 15.3Lavender · ΔE 16.6Thistle · ΔE 17.6Sky blue · ΔE 18.6Light blue · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAE8BC
Analogous#BCEDFA, #C9BCFA
Triadic#FABCCE, #CEFABC
Split complementary#FAC9BC, #EDFABC
Tetradic#FABCED, #FAE8BC, #BCFAC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF1FE
Darker −10%#8DABF6
Darker −20%#5D89F3
Darker −30%#2E66EF
Darker −40%#104BDA
More saturated +25%#B7CCFF
Less saturated −25%#C5D2F1

Channel breakdown

R188
G206
B250
Red188 (73.7%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue222.58°
Saturation (HSL)86.11%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G CE · B FA

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