Recognised as Colour
#BCEFDF
- #BCEFDF
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Pale turquoise
#BCEFDF is a cyan with RGB values 188, 239, 223 and HSL 161°, 61%, 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
#BCEFDF#BCEFDF
HEX#BCEFDF
RGBrgb(188, 239, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.9373, 0.8745
RGB percentages73.7%, 93.7%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(161.2, 61.4%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.2, 21.3%, 93.7%)
CMYK21.3%, 0%, 6.7%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,382,175
CSS custom property--colour: #BCEFDF;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.77752WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.1 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#431020
Colour vision & accessibility
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
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#EFBCCC
Analogous#BCEFC6, #BCE6EF
Triadic#DFBCEF, #EFDFBC
Split complementary#EFBCE6, #EFC6BC
Tetradic#C6BCEF, #EFBCCC, #E6EFBC
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R188
G239
B223
Red188 (73.7%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue161.18°
Saturation (HSL)61.45%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BC · G EF · B DF
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