Recognised as Colour

#BCDCA0

#BCDCA0
Green
Light
Nearest: Dark seagreen

#BCDCA0 is a green with RGB values 188, 220, 160 and HSL 92°, 46%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#BCDCA0#BCDCA0

HEX#BCDCA0

RGBrgb(188, 220, 160)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8627, 0.6275

RGB percentages73.7%, 86.3%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(92, 46.2%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(92, 27.3%, 86.3%)

CMYK14.5%, 0%, 27.3%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,377,248

CSS custom property--colour: #BCDCA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.88:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#43235F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2D49Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDD1A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BED7CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 14.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.2 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 20.9 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 21 Dark khaki · ΔE 21 Khaki · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 14.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C0A0DC

Analogous#DADCA0, #A0DCA2

Triadic#A0BCDC, #DCA0BC

Split complementary#A2A0DC, #DCA0DA

Tetradic#A0DADC, #C0A0DC, #DCA2A0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F1F7EB

Lighter +10%#D6EAC5

Darker −10%#A2CE7B

Darker −20%#87C155

Darker −30%#6EA63D

Darker −40%#55812F

More saturated +25%#BBEC90

Less saturated −25%#BDCCB0

Channel breakdown

R188

G220

B160

Red188 (73.7%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue92°

Saturation (HSL)46.15%

Lightness74.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR BC · G DC · B A0

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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