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Colour

#BEBCEA

  • #BEBCEA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEBCEA is a blue with RGB values 190, 188, 234 and HSL 243°, 52%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BEBCEA#BEBCEA
HEX#BEBCEA
RGBrgb(190, 188, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7373, 0.9176
RGB percentages74.5%, 73.7%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(242.6, 52.3%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.6, 19.7%, 91.8%)
CMYK18.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,500,202
CSS custom property--colour: #BEBCEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52854WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.57:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#414315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1C1ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0BFE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B5C4CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5Thistle · ΔE 13.9Lavender · ΔE 20.1Light skyblue · ΔE 21.8Plum · ΔE 22.9Light blue · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 13.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8EABC
Analogous#BCD1EA, #D5BCEA
Triadic#EABEBC, #BCEABE
Split complementary#EAD5BC, #D1EABC
Tetradic#EABCD1, #E8EABC, #BCEAD5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4E3F6
Darker −10%#9895DE
Darker −20%#736ED2
Darker −30%#4D48C5
Darker −40%#3934A6
More saturated +25%#B4B1F5
Less saturated −25%#C8C7DF

Channel breakdown

R190
G188
B234
Red190 (74.5%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue242.61°
Saturation (HSL)52.27%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G BC · B EA

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