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Recognised as Colour

#BCEDDC

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

#BCEDDC is a cyan with RGB values 188, 237, 220 and HSL 159°, 58%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BCEDDC#BCEDDC
HEX#BCEDDC
RGBrgb(188, 237, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.9294, 0.8627
RGB percentages73.7%, 92.9%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(159.2, 57.6%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.2, 20.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK20.7%, 0%, 7.2%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,381,660
CSS custom property--colour: #BCEDDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76427WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.5 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#431223

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAE6DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1E0DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B1EEE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 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

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.5Powder blue · ΔE 12.8Light cyan · ΔE 13.6Honeydew · ΔE 14.5Azure · ΔE 17.4Mint cream · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.5, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDBCCD
Analogous#BCEDC4, #BCE6ED
Triadic#DCBCED, #EDDCBC
Split complementary#EDBCE6, #EDC4BC
Tetradic#C4BCED, #EDBCCD, #E6EDBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4F8F1
Darker −10%#94E2C7
Darker −20%#6CD7B2
Darker −30%#43CD9D
Darker −40%#2FAE82
More saturated +25%#B1F8DF
Less saturated −25%#C7E2D9

Channel breakdown

R188
G237
B220
Red188 (73.7%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue159.18°
Saturation (HSL)57.65%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BC · G ED · B DC

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