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Colour

#BDCACC

  • #BDCACC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#BDCACC is a cyan with RGB values 189, 202, 204 and HSL 188°, 13%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BDCACC#BDCACC
HEX#BDCACC
RGBrgb(189, 202, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.7922, 0.8
RGB percentages74.1%, 79.2%, 80%
HSLhsl(188, 12.8%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188, 7.4%, 80%)
CMYK7.4%, 1%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,438,220
CSS custom property--colour: #BDCACC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.48:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#423533

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8C9CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5C7CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B9CBCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 5.5Light grey · ΔE 6.3Gainsboro · ΔE 8.7Light blue · ΔE 11.8Dark grey · ΔE 12.1Powder blue · ΔE 12.8
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 5.47, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCBFBD
Analogous#BDCCC7, #BDC3CC
Triadic#CCBDCA, #CACCBD
Split complementary#CCBDC3, #CCC7BD
Tetradic#C7BDCC, #CCBFBD, #C3CCBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F8F8
Lighter +10%#DAE1E2
Darker −10%#A0B3B6
Darker −20%#839CA0
Darker −30%#698387
Darker −40%#52676B
More saturated +25%#AED5DB
Less saturated −25%#C5C5C5

Channel breakdown

R189
G202
B204
Red189 (74.1%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue188°
Saturation (HSL)12.82%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BD · G CA · B CC

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