Recognised as Colour
#BEB6ED
- #BEB6ED
- Blue
- Light
- Nearest: Thistle
#BEB6ED is a blue with RGB values 190, 182, 237 and HSL 249°, 60%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.
Colour values
#BEB6ED#BEB6ED
HEX#BEB6ED
RGBrgb(190, 182, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7137, 0.9294
RGB percentages74.5%, 71.4%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(248.7, 60.4%, 82.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.7, 23.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK19.8%, 23.2%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,498,669
CSS custom property--colour: #BEB6ED;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.50517WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.1:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#414912
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.1:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E5EDB6
Analogous#B6C9ED, #DAB6ED
Triadic#EDBEB6, #B6EDBE
Split complementary#EDDAB6, #C9EDB6
Tetradic#EDB6C9, #E5EDB6, #B6EDDA
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R190
G182
B237
Red190 (74.5%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue248.73°
Saturation (HSL)60.44%
Lightness82.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G B6 · B ED
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