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Recognised as Colour

#BEB5EE

  • #BEB5EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#BEB5EE is a blue with RGB values 190, 181, 238 and HSL 249°, 63%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#BEB5EE#BEB5EE
HEX#BEB5EE
RGBrgb(190, 181, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7098, 0.9333
RGB percentages74.5%, 71%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(249.5, 62.6%, 82.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249.5, 23.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK20.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,498,414
CSS custom property--colour: #BEB5EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50168WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.03:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#414A11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8BDF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8BBECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B4BEC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 18.5Plum · ΔE 18.8Light steelblue · ΔE 20.1Light skyblue · ΔE 25.8Lavender · ΔE 26Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 18.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5EEB5
Analogous#B5C8EE, #DBB5EE
Triadic#EEBEB5, #B5EEBE
Split complementary#EEDBB5, #C8EEB5
Tetradic#EEB5C8, #E5EEB5, #B5EEDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2DEF8
Darker −10%#9A8CE4
Darker −20%#7562DB
Darker −30%#5139D1
Darker −40%#3D28AF
More saturated +25%#B6AAF9
Less saturated −25%#C6C0E3

Channel breakdown

R190
G181
B238
Red190 (74.5%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue249.47°
Saturation (HSL)62.64%
Lightness82.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G B5 · B EE

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