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Recognised as Colour

#BCCFFF

  • #BCCFFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BCCFFF is a blue with RGB values 188, 207, 255 and HSL 223°, 100%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BCCFFF#BCCFFF
HEX#BCCFFF
RGBrgb(188, 207, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8118, 1
RGB percentages73.7%, 81.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(223, 100%, 86.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223, 26.3%, 100%)
CMYK26.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,374,015
CSS custom property--colour: #BCCFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.51:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#433000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0D2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BACDFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#ABD8DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 12.5Light skyblue · ΔE 15.5Lavender · ΔE 18.1Thistle · ΔE 19.1Sky blue · ΔE 19.7Light blue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 12.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFECBC
Analogous#BCF0FF, #CBBCFF
Triadic#FFBCCF, #CFFFBC
Split complementary#FFCBBC, #F0FFBC
Tetradic#FFBCF0, #FFECBC, #BCFFCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EFF4FF
Darker −10%#89AAFF
Darker −20%#5686FF
Darker −30%#2361FF
Darker −40%#0044EF
More saturated +25%#BCCFFF
Less saturated −25%#C4D3F7

Channel breakdown

R188
G207
B255
Red188 (73.7%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue222.99°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness86.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G CF · B FF

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