Colour

#BCEEEC

#BCEEEC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BCEEEC is a cyan with RGB values 188, 238, 236 and HSL 178°, 60%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BCEEEC#BCEEEC

HEX#BCEEEC

RGBrgb(188, 238, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.9333, 0.9255

RGB percentages73.7%, 93.3%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(177.6, 59.5%, 83.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.6, 21%, 93.3%)

CMYK21%, 0%, 0.8%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,381,932

CSS custom property--colour: #BCEEEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224 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#431113

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8E9ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#DEE1EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Tritanopia#ADF1EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 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

Pale turquoise · ΔE 4 Powder blue · ΔE 6.3 Light cyan · ΔE 9.6 Light blue · ΔE 11.3 Azure · ΔE 14.3 Honeydew · ΔE 15.3

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 4.02, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EEBCBE

Analogous#BCEED3, #BCD7EE

Triadic#ECBCEE, #EEECBC

Split complementary#EEBCD7, #EED3BC

Tetradic#D3BCEE, #EEBCBE, #D7EEBC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E5F8F8

Darker −10%#93E4E0

Darker −20%#6BD9D5

Darker −30%#42CFC9

Darker −40%#2DB1AC

More saturated +25%#B2F9F6

Less saturated −25%#C7E3E2

Channel breakdown

R188

G238

B236

Red188 (73.7%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue177.6°

Saturation (HSL)59.52%

Lightness83.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR BC · G EE · B EC

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Colour values

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