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Recognised as Colour

#BCDBFA

  • #BCDBFA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BCDBFA is a blue with RGB values 188, 219, 250 and HSL 210°, 86%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BCDBFA#BCDBFA
HEX#BCDBFA
RGBrgb(188, 219, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8588, 0.9804
RGB percentages73.7%, 85.9%, 98%
HSLhsl(210, 86.1%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 24.8%, 98%)
CMYK24.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,377,082
CSS custom property--colour: #BCDBFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68257WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.65:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#432405

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFDBFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8D5F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Tritanopia#ABE2E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.7Light blue · ΔE 10.4Lavender · ΔE 12.8Sky blue · ΔE 13.5Light skyblue · ΔE 14Powder blue · ΔE 14.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FADBBC
Analogous#BCFAFA, #BCBCFA
Triadic#FABCDB, #DBFABC
Split complementary#FABCBC, #FAFABC
Tetradic#FABCFA, #FADBBC, #BCFABC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF5FE
Darker −10%#8DC2F6
Darker −20%#5DA8F3
Darker −30%#2E8FEF
Darker −40%#1075DA
More saturated +25%#B7DBFF
Less saturated −25%#C5DBF1

Channel breakdown

R188
G219
B250
Red188 (73.7%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)86.11%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G DB · B FA

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