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Recognised as Colour

#BCDAEE

  • #BCDAEE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BCDAEE is a blue with RGB values 188, 218, 238 and HSL 204°, 60%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BCDAEE#BCDAEE
HEX#BCDAEE
RGBrgb(188, 218, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8549, 0.9333
RGB percentages73.7%, 85.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(204, 59.5%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204, 21%, 93.3%)
CMYK21%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,376,814
CSS custom property--colour: #BCDAEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67007WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.4:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#432511

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D9EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD3EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AEDFE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.7Light steelblue · ΔE 8.6Powder blue · ΔE 9.8Lavender · ΔE 11.8Sky blue · ΔE 13.8Light grey · ΔE 14.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EED0BC
Analogous#BCEEE9, #BCC1EE
Triadic#EEBCDA, #DAEEBC
Split complementary#EEBCC1, #EEE9BC
Tetradic#E9BCEE, #EED0BC, #C1EEBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E5F0F8
Darker −10%#93C4E4
Darker −20%#6BADD9
Darker −30%#4297CF
Darker −40%#2D7CB1
More saturated +25%#B2DCF9
Less saturated −25%#C7D8E3

Channel breakdown

R188
G218
B238
Red188 (73.7%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue204°
Saturation (HSL)59.52%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G DA · B EE

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