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Recognised as Colour

#BCEAFA

  • #BCEAFA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BCEAFA is a cyan with RGB values 188, 234, 250 and HSL 195°, 86%, 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 Light blue.

Colour values

#BCEAFA#BCEAFA
HEX#BCEAFA
RGBrgb(188, 234, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.9176, 0.9804
RGB percentages73.7%, 91.8%, 98%
HSLhsl(195.5, 86.1%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.5, 24.8%, 98%)
CMYK24.8%, 6.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,380,922
CSS custom property--colour: #BCEAFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.29:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#431505

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E7FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DFFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A9F0EFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 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 text16.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.4Powder blue · ΔE 6.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.4Light cyan · ΔE 12.1Sky blue · ΔE 14.4Alice blue · ΔE 14.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.36, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FACCBC
Analogous#BCFAEB, #BCCBFA
Triadic#FABCEA, #EAFABC
Split complementary#FABCCB, #FAEBBC
Tetradic#EBBCFA, #FACCBC, #CBFABC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF9FE
Darker −10%#8DDBF6
Darker −20%#5DCCF3
Darker −30%#2EBDEF
Darker −40%#10A6DA
More saturated +25%#B7ECFF
Less saturated −25%#C5E6F1

Channel breakdown

R188
G234
B250
Red188 (73.7%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue195.48°
Saturation (HSL)86.11%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G EA · B FA

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