Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#BCE2DD

  • #BCE2DD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BCE2DD is a cyan with RGB values 188, 226, 221 and HSL 172°, 40%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BCE2DD#BCE2DD
HEX#BCE2DD
RGBrgb(188, 226, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8863, 0.8667
RGB percentages73.7%, 88.6%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(172.1, 39.6%, 81.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 16.8%, 88.6%)
CMYK16.8%, 0%, 2.2%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,378,845
CSS custom property--colour: #BCE2DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.06:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#431D22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEDEDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6D8DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B2E4E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 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 text15.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 6.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.4Light blue · ΔE 10.6Light cyan · ΔE 11.4Gainsboro · ΔE 13.5Light grey · ΔE 13.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 6.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2BCC1
Analogous#BCE2CA, #BCD4E2
Triadic#DDBCE2, #E2DDBC
Split complementary#E2BCD4, #E2CABC
Tetradic#CABCE2, #E2BCC1, #D4E2BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E0F1EF
Darker −10%#98D3CB
Darker −20%#75C3B9
Darker −30%#51B4A7
Darker −40%#3F9388
More saturated +25%#B0EEE6
Less saturated −25%#C8D6D4

Channel breakdown

R188
G226
B221
Red188 (73.7%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue172.11°
Saturation (HSL)39.58%
Lightness81.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BC · G E2 · B DD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “bce2dd” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.