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Recognised as Colour

#BCE6EC

  • #BCE6EC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BCE6EC is a cyan with RGB values 188, 230, 236 and HSL 188°, 56%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BCE6EC#BCE6EC
HEX#BCE6EC
RGBrgb(188, 230, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.902, 0.9255
RGB percentages73.7%, 90.2%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(187.5, 55.8%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.5, 20.3%, 92.5%)
CMYK20.3%, 2.5%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,379,884
CSS custom property--colour: #BCE6EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73341WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.67:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#431913

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE2ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DCECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Tritanopia#AEEAE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.1Light blue · ΔE 6.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.6Light cyan · ΔE 10.4Azure · ΔE 13.9Alice blue · ΔE 14.2
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.13, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECC2BC
Analogous#BCECDA, #BCCEEC
Triadic#ECBCE6, #E6ECBC
Split complementary#ECBCCE, #ECDABC
Tetradic#DABCEC, #ECC2BC, #CEECBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4F5F7
Darker −10%#94D7E1
Darker −20%#6DC8D5
Darker −30%#45BACA
Darker −40%#319CAB
More saturated +25%#B1EEF7
Less saturated −25%#C7DEE1

Channel breakdown

R188
G230
B236
Red188 (73.7%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue187.5°
Saturation (HSL)55.81%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G E6 · B EC

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