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Colour

#BFCECB

  • #BFCECB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#BFCECB is a cyan with RGB values 191, 206, 203 and HSL 168°, 13%, 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

#BFCECB#BFCECB
HEX#BFCECB
RGBrgb(191, 206, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.8078, 0.7961
RGB percentages74.9%, 80.8%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(168, 13.3%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168, 7.3%, 80.8%)
CMYK7.3%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,570,315
CSS custom property--colour: #BFCECB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59531WCAG 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 12.91:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#403134

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCCCCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9CACBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#BCCFCDno 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 text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 6.4Silver · ΔE 6.9Gainsboro · ΔE 8.4Powder blue · ΔE 12.3Light blue · ΔE 12.6Dark grey · ΔE 13.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 6.38, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEBFC2
Analogous#BFCEC3, #BFCACE
Triadic#CBBFCE, #CECBBF
Split complementary#CEBFCA, #CEC3BF
Tetradic#C3BFCE, #CEBFC2, #CACEBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9FAFA
Lighter +10%#DCE4E2
Darker −10%#A2B8B4
Darker −20%#85A29C
Darker −30%#6A8A84
Darker −40%#546D68
More saturated +25%#B1DCD3
Less saturated −25%#C7C7C7

Channel breakdown

R191
G206
B203
Red191 (74.9%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue168°
Saturation (HSL)13.27%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BF · G CE · B CB

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