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Colour

#BBBECA

  • #BBBECA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#BBBECA is a blue with RGB values 187, 190, 202 and HSL 228°, 12%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BBBECA#BBBECA
HEX#BBBECA
RGBrgb(187, 190, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7451, 0.7922
RGB percentages73.3%, 74.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(228, 12.4%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228, 7.4%, 79.2%)
CMYK7.4%, 5.9%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,304,074
CSS custom property--colour: #BBBECA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51656WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.33:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#444135

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBBFCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BABECAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B8C0C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 6.5Light steelblue · ΔE 9.3Light grey · ΔE 9.9Dark grey · ΔE 10.2Gainsboro · ΔE 12.5Thistle · ΔE 12.6
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 6.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAC7BB
Analogous#BBC5CA, #C0BBCA
Triadic#CABBBE, #BECABB
Split complementary#CABFBB, #C6CABB
Tetradic#CABBC5, #CAC7BB, #BBCABF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F5F7
Lighter +10%#D8D9E0
Darker −10%#9EA3B4
Darker −20%#82879D
Darker −30%#676D85
Darker −40%#515668
More saturated +25%#ACB5D9
Less saturated −25%#C3C3C3

Channel breakdown

R187
G190
B202
Red187 (73.3%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue228°
Saturation (HSL)12.4%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BB · G BE · B CA

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