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Recognised as Colour

#BEBBCB

  • #BEBBCB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#BEBBCB is a blue with RGB values 190, 187, 203 and HSL 251°, 13%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BEBBCB#BEBBCB
HEX#BEBBCB
RGBrgb(190, 187, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7333, 0.7961
RGB percentages74.5%, 73.3%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(251.3, 13.3%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(251.3, 7.9%, 79.6%)
CMYK6.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,499,915
CSS custom property--colour: #BEBBCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.508WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.16:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#414434

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8BDCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8BDCAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#BCBDC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 8.8Light steelblue · ΔE 9.5Thistle · ΔE 9.9Dark grey · ΔE 11.4Light grey · ΔE 11.8Gainsboro · ΔE 14.2
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8CBBB
Analogous#BBC0CB, #C6BBCB
Triadic#CBBEBB, #BBCBBE
Split complementary#CBC6BB, #C0CBBB
Tetradic#CBBBC0, #C8CBBB, #BBCBC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5F5F7
Lighter +10%#DAD8E1
Darker −10%#A29EB5
Darker −20%#87819F
Darker −30%#6D6786
Darker −40%#555169
More saturated +25%#B5ACDA
Less saturated −25%#C3C3C3

Channel breakdown

R190
G187
B203
Red190 (74.5%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue251.25°
Saturation (HSL)13.33%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G BB · B CB

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