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Recognised as Colour

#BCDCAE

  • #BCDCAE
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#BCDCAE is a green with RGB values 188, 220, 174 and HSL 102°, 40%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#BCDCAE#BCDCAE
HEX#BCDCAE
RGBrgb(188, 220, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8627, 0.6824
RGB percentages73.7%, 86.3%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(101.7, 39.7%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(101.7, 20.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK14.5%, 0%, 20.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,377,262
CSS custom property--colour: #BCDCAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.99:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#432351

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0D5ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DAD2B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Tritanopia#BCD8CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 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 text13.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 13.3Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.8Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 17.9Lemon chiffon · ΔE 19.1Beige · ΔE 20Light yellow · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 13.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEAEDC
Analogous#D3DCAE, #AEDCB7
Triadic#AEBCDC, #DCAEBC
Split complementary#B7AEDC, #DCAED3
Tetradic#AED3DC, #CEAEDC, #DCB7AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7FBF5
Lighter +10%#D9EBD2
Darker −10%#9FCD8A
Darker −20%#81BD67
Darker −30%#66A849
Darker −40%#508539
More saturated +25%#B6EBA0
Less saturated −25%#C2CEBD

Channel breakdown

R188
G220
B174
Red188 (73.7%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue101.74°
Saturation (HSL)39.66%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BC · G DC · B AE

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