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Recognised as Colour

#BCCEFD

  • #BCCEFD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BCCEFD is a blue with RGB values 188, 206, 253 and HSL 223°, 94%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BCCEFD#BCCEFD
HEX#BCCEFD
RGBrgb(188, 206, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8078, 0.9922
RGB percentages73.7%, 80.8%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(223.4, 94.2%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.4, 25.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK25.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,373,757
CSS custom property--colour: #BCCEFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61926WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.39:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#433102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0D1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BACCFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#ABD7DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 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 text13.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 12Light skyblue · ΔE 15.6Lavender · ΔE 17.8Thistle · ΔE 18.5Sky blue · ΔE 19.6Light blue · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDEBBC
Analogous#BCEFFD, #CABCFD
Triadic#FDBCCE, #CEFDBC
Split complementary#FDCBBC, #EFFDBC
Tetradic#FDBCEF, #FDEBBC, #BCFDCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EEF2FE
Darker −10%#8AAAFC
Darker −20%#5986FA
Darker −30%#2761F9
Darker −40%#0745E6
More saturated +25%#BACDFF
Less saturated −25%#C5D2F4

Channel breakdown

R188
G206
B253
Red188 (73.7%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue223.38°
Saturation (HSL)94.2%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G CE · B FD

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