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Recognised as Colour

#BEBDD0

  • #BEBDD0
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEBDD0 is a blue with RGB values 190, 189, 208 and HSL 243°, 17%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BEBDD0#BEBDD0
HEX#BEBDD0
RGBrgb(190, 189, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7412, 0.8157
RGB percentages74.5%, 74.1%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(243.2, 16.8%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.2, 9.1%, 81.6%)
CMYK8.7%, 9.1%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,500,432
CSS custom property--colour: #BEBDD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51896WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.38:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#41422F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9BFD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BECFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BBC0C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8Thistle · ΔE 9.6Silver · ΔE 10.2Light grey · ΔE 12.6Dark grey · ΔE 13Lavender · ΔE 14.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFD0BD
Analogous#BDC6D0, #C8BDD0
Triadic#D0BEBD, #BDD0BE
Split complementary#D0C8BD, #C6D0BD
Tetradic#D0BDC6, #CFD0BD, #BDD0C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9F9FA
Lighter +10%#DBDBE5
Darker −10%#A19FBB
Darker −20%#8381A6
Darker −30%#68658F
Darker −40%#525071
More saturated +25%#B1AFDE
Less saturated −25%#C7C7C7

Channel breakdown

R190
G189
B208
Red190 (74.5%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue243.16°
Saturation (HSL)16.81%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G BD · B D0

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