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Recognised as Colour

#BCD9D1

  • #BCD9D1
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BCD9D1 is a cyan with RGB values 188, 217, 209 and HSL 163°, 28%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BCD9D1#BCD9D1
HEX#BCD9D1
RGBrgb(188, 217, 209)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.851, 0.8196
RGB percentages73.7%, 85.1%, 82%
HSLhsl(163.4, 27.6%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.4, 13.4%, 85.1%)
CMYK13.4%, 0%, 3.7%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,376,529
CSS custom property--colour: #BCD9D1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.98:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#43262E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D5D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1D1D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B5DAD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.3Light grey · ΔE 11.2Gainsboro · ΔE 11.7Light blue · ΔE 12.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.4Silver · ΔE 13
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9BCC4
Analogous#BCD9C3, #BCD3D9
Triadic#D1BCD9, #D9D1BC
Split complementary#D9BCD3, #D9C3BC
Tetradic#C3BCD9, #D9BCC4, #D3D9BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFEFE
Lighter +10%#DDEBE7
Darker −10%#9BC7BB
Darker −20%#7BB4A4
Darker −30%#5BA18E
Darker −40%#498071
More saturated +25%#AFE6D7
Less saturated −25%#C9CCCB

Channel breakdown

R188
G217
B209
Red188 (73.7%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue209 (82%)
Hue163.45°
Saturation (HSL)27.62%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BC · G D9 · B D1

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