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Colour

#BCECFF

  • #BCECFF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#BCECFF is a cyan with RGB values 188, 236, 255 and HSL 197°, 100%, 87%. 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

#BCECFF#BCECFF
HEX#BCECFF
RGBrgb(188, 236, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.9255, 1
RGB percentages73.7%, 92.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(197, 100%, 86.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197, 26.3%, 100%)
CMYK26.3%, 7.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,381,439
CSS custom property--colour: #BCECFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77902WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.58:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#431300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7E1FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A7F2F2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 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 text16.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.4Powder blue · ΔE 8.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.5Light cyan · ΔE 13Sky blue · ΔE 14Alice blue · ΔE 15.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFCFBC
Analogous#BCFFF0, #BCCBFF
Triadic#FFBCEC, #ECFFBC
Split complementary#FFBCCB, #FFF0BC
Tetradic#F0BCFF, #FFCFBC, #CBFFBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EFFAFF
Darker −10%#89DEFF
Darker −20%#56CFFF
Darker −30%#23C1FF
Darker −40%#00ABEF
More saturated +25%#BCECFF
Less saturated −25%#C4E8F7

Channel breakdown

R188
G236
B255
Red188 (73.7%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue197.01°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness86.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BC · G EC · B FF

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