Colour

#BFCDCA

#BFCDCA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light grey

#BFCDCA is a cyan with RGB values 191, 205, 202 and HSL 167°, 12%, 78%. 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

#BFCDCA#BFCDCA

HEX#BFCDCA

RGBrgb(191, 205, 202)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.8039, 0.7922

RGB percentages74.9%, 80.4%, 79.2%

HSLhsl(167.1, 12.3%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(167.1, 6.8%, 80.4%)

CMYK6.8%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,570,058

CSS custom property--colour: #BFCDCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59003WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.8:1

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

Contrast with black12.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#403235

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCCBCAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#C9C9CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#BCCECCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.5 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 text12.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 6.2 Silver · ΔE 6.4 Gainsboro · ΔE 8.4 Powder blue · ΔE 12.7 Light blue · ΔE 12.9 Dark grey · ΔE 13.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 6.24, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CDBFC2

Analogous#BFCDC3, #BFC9CD

Triadic#CABFCD, #CDCABF

Split complementary#CDBFC9, #CDC3BF

Tetradic#C3BFCD, #CDBFC2, #C9CDBF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8FAF9

Lighter +10%#DCE3E2

Darker −10%#A2B7B2

Darker −20%#86A09B

Darker −30%#6B8882

Darker −40%#546C67

More saturated +25%#B1DBD2

Less saturated −25%#C6C6C6

Channel breakdown

R191

G205

B202

Red191 (74.9%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue202 (79.2%)

Hue167.14°

Saturation (HSL)12.28%

Lightness77.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR BF · G CD · B CA

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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