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Recognised as Colour

#BCF0E6

  • #BCF0E6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#BCF0E6 is a cyan with RGB values 188, 240, 230 and HSL 168°, 63%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#BCF0E6#BCF0E6
HEX#BCF0E6
RGBrgb(188, 240, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.9412, 0.902
RGB percentages73.7%, 94.1%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(168.5, 63.4%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.5, 21.7%, 94.1%)
CMYK21.7%, 0%, 4.2%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,382,438
CSS custom property--colour: #BCF0E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.74:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#430F19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBEAE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1E3E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AEF2EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6Powder blue · ΔE 10Light cyan · ΔE 11.3Honeydew · ΔE 14.6Light blue · ΔE 15.2Azure · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F0BCC6
Analogous#BCF0CC, #BCE0F0
Triadic#E6BCF0, #F0E6BC
Split complementary#F0BCE0, #F0CCBC
Tetradic#CCBCF0, #F0BCC6, #E0F0BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6F9F6
Darker −10%#92E7D6
Darker −20%#69DDC7
Darker −30%#3FD4B7
Darker −40%#29B79C
More saturated +25%#B2FAEC
Less saturated −25%#C6E6E0

Channel breakdown

R188
G240
B230
Red188 (73.7%)
Green240 (94.1%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue168.46°
Saturation (HSL)63.41%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BC · G F0 · B E6

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