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Recognised as Colour

#BCD4DF

  • #BCD4DF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BCD4DF is a cyan with RGB values 188, 212, 223 and HSL 199°, 35%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BCD4DF#BCD4DF
HEX#BCD4DF
RGBrgb(188, 212, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8314, 0.8745
RGB percentages73.7%, 83.1%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(198.9, 35.4%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.9, 15.7%, 87.5%)
CMYK15.7%, 4.9%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,375,263
CSS custom property--colour: #BCD4DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63106WCAG 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 13.62:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#432B20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CED3E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9CEDFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B3D7D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.1Powder blue · ΔE 8.7Light steelblue · ΔE 9.8Light grey · ΔE 10Gainsboro · ΔE 10.8Silver · ΔE 11.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.14, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFC7BC
Analogous#BCDFD9, #BCC3DF
Triadic#DFBCD4, #D4DFBC
Split complementary#DFBCC3, #DFD9BC
Tetradic#D9BCDF, #DFC7BC, #C3DFBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFEAEF
Darker −10%#99BECF
Darker −20%#77A8BE
Darker −30%#5492AE
Darker −40%#43758C
More saturated +25%#B0D9EB
Less saturated −25%#C8CFD3

Channel breakdown

R188
G212
B223
Red188 (73.7%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue198.86°
Saturation (HSL)35.35%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G D4 · B DF

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