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Recognised as Colour

#BEBDE2

  • #BEBDE2
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEBDE2 is a blue with RGB values 190, 189, 226 and HSL 242°, 39%, 81%. 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

#BEBDE2#BEBDE2
HEX#BEBDE2
RGBrgb(190, 189, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7412, 0.8863
RGB percentages74.5%, 74.1%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(241.6, 38.9%, 81.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(241.6, 16.4%, 88.6%)
CMYK15.9%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,500,450
CSS custom property--colour: #BEBDE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52833WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.57:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#41421D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C1E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4BFE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B7C3C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.6Thistle · ΔE 10.8Lavender · ΔE 17Silver · ΔE 19.9Light blue · ΔE 20.7Light grey · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1E2BD
Analogous#BDCEE2, #D1BDE2
Triadic#E2BEBD, #BDE2BE
Split complementary#E2D1BD, #CEE2BD
Tetradic#E2BDCE, #E1E2BD, #BDE2D1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E1E0F2
Darker −10%#9B9AD2
Darker −20%#7876C3
Darker −30%#5553B3
Darker −40%#434093
More saturated +25%#B3B1EE
Less saturated −25%#C9C9D6

Channel breakdown

R190
G189
B226
Red190 (74.5%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue241.62°
Saturation (HSL)38.95%
Lightness81.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G BD · B E2

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