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Recognised as Colour

#BCEAF9

  • #BCEAF9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#BCEAF9 is a cyan with RGB values 188, 234, 249 and HSL 195°, 84%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#BCEAF9#BCEAF9
HEX#BCEAF9
RGBrgb(188, 234, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.9176, 0.9765
RGB percentages73.7%, 91.8%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(194.8, 83.6%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.8, 24.5%, 97.6%)
CMYK24.5%, 6%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,380,921
CSS custom property--colour: #BCEAF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76377WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.28:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#431506

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E7FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7DFF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Tritanopia#A9EFEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 6.2Light blue · ΔE 6.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 10Light cyan · ΔE 11.8Sky blue · ΔE 14.6Alice blue · ΔE 14.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 6.23, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9CBBC
Analogous#BCF9E9, #BCCCF9
Triadic#F9BCEA, #EAF9BC
Split complementary#F9BCCC, #F9EABC
Tetradic#E9BCF9, #F9CBBC, #CCF9BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF9FD
Darker −10%#8DDBF5
Darker −20%#5ECDF1
Darker −30%#30BEEC
Darker −40%#13A6D6
More saturated +25%#B6EDFF
Less saturated −25%#C5E5F0

Channel breakdown

R188
G234
B249
Red188 (73.7%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue194.75°
Saturation (HSL)83.56%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G EA · B F9

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