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Recognised as Colour

#BCEAE0

  • #BCEAE0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BCEAE0 is a cyan with RGB values 188, 234, 224 and HSL 167°, 52%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BCEAE0#BCEAE0
HEX#BCEAE0
RGBrgb(188, 234, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.9176, 0.8784
RGB percentages73.7%, 91.8%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(167, 52.3%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167, 19.7%, 91.8%)
CMYK19.7%, 0%, 4.3%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,380,896
CSS custom property--colour: #BCEAE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.98:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#43151F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E4E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDDEE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B0ECE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 7Powder blue · ΔE 9Light cyan · ΔE 11.4Light blue · ΔE 14Honeydew · ΔE 14.1Azure · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 7.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EABCC6
Analogous#BCEAC9, #BCDDEA
Triadic#E0BCEA, #EAE0BC
Split complementary#EABCDD, #EAC9BC
Tetradic#C9BCEA, #EABCC6, #DDEABC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E3F6F2
Darker −10%#95DECE
Darker −20%#6ED2BC
Darker −30%#48C5AA
Darker −40%#34A68D
More saturated +25%#B1F5E6
Less saturated −25%#C7DFDA

Channel breakdown

R188
G234
B224
Red188 (73.7%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue166.96°
Saturation (HSL)52.27%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BC · G EA · B E0

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