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Recognised as Colour

#BFCACD

  • #BFCACD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#BFCACD is a cyan with RGB values 191, 202, 205 and HSL 193°, 12%, 78%. 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

#BFCACD#BFCACD
HEX#BFCACD
RGBrgb(191, 202, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.7922, 0.8039
RGB percentages74.9%, 79.2%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(192.9, 12.3%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.9, 6.8%, 80.4%)
CMYK6.8%, 1.5%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,569,293
CSS custom property--colour: #BFCACD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.55:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#403532

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8C9CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5C7CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#BBCBCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 5.1Light grey · ΔE 5.8Gainsboro · ΔE 8.3Light blue · ΔE 12.1Dark grey · ΔE 12.1Light steelblue · ΔE 12.7
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 5.11, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDC2BF
Analogous#BFCDC9, #BFC3CD
Triadic#CDBFCA, #CACDBF
Split complementary#CDBFC3, #CDC9BF
Tetradic#C9BFCD, #CDC2BF, #C3CDBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F9FA
Lighter +10%#DCE2E3
Darker −10%#A2B2B7
Darker −20%#869BA0
Darker −30%#6B8288
Darker −40%#54676C
More saturated +25%#B1D2DB
Less saturated −25%#C6C6C6

Channel breakdown

R191
G202
B205
Red191 (74.9%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue192.86°
Saturation (HSL)12.28%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G CA · B CD

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