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Recognised as Colour

#BFCDD0

  • #BFCDD0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#BFCDD0 is a cyan with RGB values 191, 205, 208 and HSL 191°, 15%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#BFCDD0#BFCDD0
HEX#BFCDD0
RGBrgb(191, 205, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.8039, 0.8157
RGB percentages74.9%, 80.4%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(190.6, 15.3%, 78.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.6, 8.2%, 81.6%)
CMYK8.2%, 1.4%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,570,064
CSS custom property--colour: #BFCDD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59293WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.86:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#40322F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CACCD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7C9D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Tritanopia#BBCECEno 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 text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 6.1Silver · ΔE 6.4Gainsboro · ΔE 8.2Light blue · ΔE 11Powder blue · ΔE 12Light steelblue · ΔE 12.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 6.05, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0C2BF
Analogous#BFD0CA, #BFC5D0
Triadic#D0BFCD, #CDD0BF
Split complementary#D0BFC5, #D0CBBF
Tetradic#CABFD0, #D0C2BF, #C5D0BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFBFB
Lighter +10%#DCE4E6
Darker −10%#A2B6BA
Darker −20%#849FA5
Darker −30%#68878E
Darker −40%#536B70
More saturated +25%#B1D6DE
Less saturated −25%#C8C8C8

Channel breakdown

R191
G205
B208
Red191 (74.9%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue190.59°
Saturation (HSL)15.32%
Lightness78.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G CD · B D0

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