Colour

#BCECFD

#BCECFD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#BCECFD is a cyan with RGB values 188, 236, 253 and HSL 196°, 94%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#BCECFD#BCECFD

HEX#BCECFD

RGBrgb(188, 236, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.9255, 0.9922

RGB percentages73.7%, 92.5%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(195.7, 94.2%, 86.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195.7, 25.7%, 99.2%)

CMYK25.7%, 6.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,381,437

CSS custom property--colour: #BCECFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77774WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.55:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#431302

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2E9FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7E1FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Tritanopia#A8F2F1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.1 Powder blue · ΔE 7.4 Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.6 Light cyan · ΔE 12.3 Sky blue · ΔE 14.4 Alice blue · ΔE 15.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.12, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FDCDBC

Analogous#BCFDED, #BCCCFD

Triadic#FDBCEC, #ECFDBC

Split complementary#FDBCCC, #FDEEBC

Tetradic#EDBCFD, #FDCDBC, #CCFDBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#EEFAFE

Darker −10%#8ADEFC

Darker −20%#59D0FA

Darker −30%#27C2F9

Darker −40%#07ACE6

More saturated +25%#BAEDFF

Less saturated −25%#C5E8F4

Channel breakdown

R188

G236

B253

Red188 (73.7%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue195.69°

Saturation (HSL)94.2%

Lightness86.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BC · G EC · B FD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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