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Recognised as Colour

#BFCCEC

  • #BFCCEC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BFCCEC is a blue with RGB values 191, 204, 236 and HSL 223°, 54%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BFCCEC#BFCCEC
HEX#BFCCEC
RGBrgb(191, 204, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.8, 0.9255
RGB percentages74.9%, 80%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(222.7, 54.2%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.7, 19.1%, 92.5%)
CMYK19.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,569,836
CSS custom property--colour: #BFCCEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60318WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.06:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#403313

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3CEEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFCAEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#B4D2D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.4Lavender · ΔE 12.5Thistle · ΔE 13.8Light blue · ΔE 14.4Light skyblue · ΔE 17.3Light grey · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECDFBF
Analogous#BFE3EC, #C9BFEC
Triadic#ECBFCC, #CCECBF
Split complementary#ECC9BF, #E3ECBF
Tetradic#ECBFE3, #ECDFBF, #BFECC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6EBF8
Darker −10%#98ADE0
Darker −20%#708DD5
Darker −30%#496EC9
Darker −40%#3356AC
More saturated +25%#B5C8F6
Less saturated −25%#C9D0E2

Channel breakdown

R191
G204
B236
Red191 (74.9%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue222.67°
Saturation (HSL)54.22%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G CC · B EC

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