Recognised as Colour

#BCDDEA

#BCDDEA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#BCDDEA is a cyan with RGB values 188, 221, 234 and HSL 197°, 52%, 83%. 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 blue.

Colour values

#BCDDEA#BCDDEA

HEX#BCDDEA

RGBrgb(188, 221, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8667, 0.9176

RGB percentages73.7%, 86.7%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(197, 52.3%, 82.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197, 19.7%, 91.8%)

CMYK19.7%, 5.6%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,377,578

CSS custom property--colour: #BCDDEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68345WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.67:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#432215

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6DBEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#CED5EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original

Tritanopia#AFE1E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 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 text14.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 4 Powder blue · ΔE 6.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 11.6 Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.7 Gainsboro · ΔE 12.9 Light grey · ΔE 12.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 3.96, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EAC9BC

Analogous#BCEAE0, #BCC6EA

Triadic#EABCDD, #DDEABC

Split complementary#EABCC6, #EAE0BC

Tetradic#E0BCEA, #EAC9BC, #C6EABC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E3F1F6

Darker −10%#95C9DE

Darker −20%#6EB6D2

Darker −30%#48A2C5

Darker −40%#3486A6

More saturated +25%#B1E2F5

Less saturated −25%#C7D8DF

Channel breakdown

R188

G221

B234

Red188 (73.7%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue196.96°

Saturation (HSL)52.27%

Lightness82.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BC · G DD · B EA

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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