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Recognised as Colour

#BEB2EE

  • #BEB2EE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#BEB2EE is a blue with RGB values 190, 178, 238 and HSL 252°, 64%, 82%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BEB2EE#BEB2EE
HEX#BEB2EE
RGBrgb(190, 178, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.698, 0.9333
RGB percentages74.5%, 69.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(252, 63.8%, 81.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252, 25.2%, 93.3%)
CMYK20.2%, 25.2%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,497,646
CSS custom property--colour: #BEB2EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48961WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.79:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#414D11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4BAF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5B9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B5BCC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.5Thistle · ΔE 19.9Light steelblue · ΔE 22.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.9Light skyblue · ΔE 27.6Lavender · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2EEB2
Analogous#B2C4EE, #DCB2EE
Triadic#EEBEB2, #B2EEBE
Split complementary#EEDCB2, #C4EEB2
Tetradic#EEB2C4, #E2EEB2, #B2EEDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E1DCF7
Darker −10%#9B88E5
Darker −20%#775EDC
Darker −30%#5435D2
Darker −40%#4126AE
More saturated +25%#B7A6FA
Less saturated −25%#C5BEE2

Channel breakdown

R190
G178
B238
Red190 (74.5%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue252°
Saturation (HSL)63.83%
Lightness81.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G B2 · B EE

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