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Recognised as Colour

#BCEDE4

  • #BCEDE4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BCEDE4 is a cyan with RGB values 188, 237, 228 and HSL 169°, 58%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BCEDE4#BCEDE4
HEX#BCEDE4
RGBrgb(188, 237, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.9294, 0.8941
RGB percentages73.7%, 92.9%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(169, 57.6%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169, 20.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK20.7%, 0%, 3.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,381,668
CSS custom property--colour: #BCEDE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76861WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.37:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#43121B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8E7E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFE0E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AFEFEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6Powder blue · ΔE 8.9Light cyan · ΔE 11Light blue · ΔE 14.1Honeydew · ΔE 14.3Azure · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.02, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDBCC5
Analogous#BCEDCC, #BCDEED
Triadic#E4BCED, #EDE4BC
Split complementary#EDBCDE, #EDCCBC
Tetradic#CCBCED, #EDBCC5, #DEEDBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4F8F4
Darker −10%#94E2D4
Darker −20%#6CD7C4
Darker −30%#43CDB3
Darker −40%#2FAE97
More saturated +25%#B1F8EB
Less saturated −25%#C7E2DD

Channel breakdown

R188
G237
B228
Red188 (73.7%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue168.98°
Saturation (HSL)57.65%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BC · G ED · B E4

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