Colour

#BDCEC7

#BDCEC7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light grey

#BDCEC7 is a cyan with RGB values 189, 206, 199 and HSL 155°, 15%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#BDCEC7#BDCEC7

HEX#BDCEC7

RGBrgb(189, 206, 199)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.8078, 0.7804

RGB percentages74.1%, 80.8%, 78%

HSLhsl(155.3, 14.8%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(155.3, 8.3%, 80.8%)

CMYK8.3%, 0%, 3.4%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,439,239

CSS custom property--colour: #BDCEC7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.82:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#423138

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDCBC7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#CAC9C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Tritanopia#BACECCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 7.9 Silver · ΔE 8.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 9.7 Powder blue · ΔE 12.8 Light blue · ΔE 13.8 Dark grey · ΔE 14.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 7.92, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CEBDC4

Analogous#BDCEBF, #BDCDCE

Triadic#C7BDCE, #CEC7BD

Split complementary#CEBDCD, #CEBFBD

Tetradic#BFBDCE, #CEBDC4, #CDCEBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F9F9

Lighter +10%#DAE4E0

Darker −10%#A0B8AE

Darker −20%#82A395

Darker −30%#678B7C

Darker −40%#516E62

More saturated +25%#AFDCCA

Less saturated −25%#C6C6C6

Channel breakdown

R189

G206

B199

Red189 (74.1%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue199 (78%)

Hue155.29°

Saturation (HSL)14.78%

Lightness77.45%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR BD · G CE · B C7

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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