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Recognised as Colour

#BCDFFC

  • #BCDFFC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BCDFFC is a blue with RGB values 188, 223, 252 and HSL 207°, 91%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BCDFFC#BCDFFC
HEX#BCDFFC
RGBrgb(188, 223, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8745, 0.9882
RGB percentages73.7%, 87.5%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(207.2, 91.4%, 86.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.2, 25.4%, 98.8%)
CMYK25.4%, 11.5%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,378,108
CSS custom property--colour: #BCDFFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.1:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#432003

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3DFFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD8FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#AAE6E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 9.2Light steelblue · ΔE 10Lavender · ΔE 12.9Sky blue · ΔE 13Powder blue · ΔE 13.3Light skyblue · ΔE 14.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 9.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCD9BC
Analogous#BCFCF9, #BCBFFC
Triadic#FCBCDF, #DFFCBC
Split complementary#FCBCBF, #FCF9BC
Tetradic#F9BCFC, #FCD9BC, #BFFCBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDF6FE
Darker −10%#8BC8FA
Darker −20%#5AB0F8
Darker −30%#2A99F5
Darker −40%#0A80E2
More saturated +25%#B9DFFF
Less saturated −25%#C5DEF3

Channel breakdown

R188
G223
B252
Red188 (73.7%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue207.19°
Saturation (HSL)91.43%
Lightness86.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G DF · B FC

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