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Colour

#BDC6CA

  • #BDC6CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#BDC6CA is a cyan with RGB values 189, 198, 202 and HSL 198°, 11%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BDC6CA#BDC6CA
HEX#BDC6CA
RGBrgb(189, 198, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.7765, 0.7922
RGB percentages74.1%, 77.6%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(198.5, 10.9%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.5, 6.4%, 79.2%)
CMYK6.4%, 2%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,437,194
CSS custom property--colour: #BDC6CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.09:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#423935

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4C5CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2C4CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#BAC7C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 4.2Light grey · ΔE 6.5Gainsboro · ΔE 9.3Dark grey · ΔE 10.8Light steelblue · ΔE 12.2Light blue · ΔE 12.8
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 4.16, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAC1BD
Analogous#BDCAC8, #BDC0CA
Triadic#CABDC6, #C6CABD
Split complementary#CABDC0, #CAC8BD
Tetradic#C8BDCA, #CAC1BD, #C0CABD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F7F7
Lighter +10%#D9DEE1
Darker −10%#A1AEB3
Darker −20%#84959D
Darker −30%#6A7C84
Darker −40%#536168
More saturated +25%#AECCD9
Less saturated −25%#C3C3C3

Channel breakdown

R189
G198
B202
Red189 (74.1%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue198.46°
Saturation (HSL)10.92%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G C6 · B CA

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