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Colour

#BCD7FE

  • #BCD7FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BCD7FE is a blue with RGB values 188, 215, 254 and HSL 215°, 97%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BCD7FE#BCD7FE
HEX#BCD7FE
RGBrgb(188, 215, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8431, 0.9961
RGB percentages73.7%, 84.3%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(215.5, 97.1%, 86.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.5, 26%, 99.6%)
CMYK26%, 15.4%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,376,062
CSS custom property--colour: #BCD7FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66448WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.29:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#432801

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3D2FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#AADFE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.6Light skyblue · ΔE 13.4Lavender · ΔE 14.6Light blue · ΔE 14.8Sky blue · ΔE 15.5Thistle · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEE3BC
Analogous#BCF8FE, #C2BCFE
Triadic#FEBCD7, #D7FEBC
Split complementary#FEC2BC, #F8FEBC
Tetradic#FEBCF8, #FEE3BC, #BCFEC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EEF5FF
Darker −10%#8AB9FD
Darker −20%#589BFD
Darker −30%#257DFC
Darker −40%#0462EB
More saturated +25%#BBD7FF
Less saturated −25%#C5D9F6

Channel breakdown

R188
G215
B254
Red188 (73.7%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue215.45°
Saturation (HSL)97.06%
Lightness86.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G D7 · B FE

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