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Recognised as Colour

#BCD7D3

  • #BCD7D3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BCD7D3 is a cyan with RGB values 188, 215, 211 and HSL 171°, 25%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BCD7D3#BCD7D3
HEX#BCD7D3
RGBrgb(188, 215, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8431, 0.8275
RGB percentages73.7%, 84.3%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(171.1, 25.2%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 12.6%, 84.3%)
CMYK12.6%, 0%, 1.9%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,376,019
CSS custom property--colour: #BCD7D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63995WCAG 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 13.8:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#43282C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D4D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD0D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#B5D8D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.5Light grey · ΔE 9.8Light blue · ΔE 10.5Gainsboro · ΔE 10.5Silver · ΔE 11.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.8
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D7BCC0
Analogous#BCD7C6, #BCCED7
Triadic#D3BCD7, #D7D3BC
Split complementary#D7BCCE, #D7C6BC
Tetradic#C6BCD7, #D7BCC0, #CED7BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFDFD
Lighter +10%#DCEAE8
Darker −10%#9CC4BE
Darker −20%#7CB1A9
Darker −30%#5D9D93
Darker −40%#4A7D75
More saturated +25%#AFE4DC
Less saturated −25%#C9CACA

Channel breakdown

R188
G215
B211
Red188 (73.7%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue171.11°
Saturation (HSL)25.23%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BC · G D7 · B D3

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