Recognised as Colour

#BEBCEC

#BEBCEC
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEBCEC is a blue with RGB values 190, 188, 236 and HSL 242°, 56%, 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

#BEBCEC#BEBCEC

HEX#BEBCEC

RGBrgb(190, 188, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7373, 0.9255

RGB percentages74.5%, 73.7%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(242.5, 55.8%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(242.5, 20.3%, 92.5%)

CMYK19.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,500,204

CSS custom property--colour: #BEBCEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5297WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.59:1

Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#414313

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B0C2EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFBFEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B4C4CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 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 text11.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 14.4 Thistle · ΔE 14.8 Lavender · ΔE 20.8 Light skyblue · ΔE 21.9 Plum · ΔE 22.6 Light blue · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 14.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EAECBC

Analogous#BCD2EC, #D6BCEC

Triadic#ECBEBC, #BCECBE

Split complementary#ECD6BC, #D2ECBC

Tetradic#ECBCD2, #EAECBC, #BCECD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E5E4F7

Darker −10%#9794E1

Darker −20%#716DD5

Darker −30%#4A45CA

Darker −40%#3631AB

More saturated +25%#B4B1F7

Less saturated −25%#C8C7E1

Channel breakdown

R190

G188

B236

Red190 (74.5%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue242.5°

Saturation (HSL)55.81%

Lightness83.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BE · G BC · B EC

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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