Recognised as Colour

#BEBECE

#BEBECE
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEBECE is a blue with RGB values 190, 190, 206 and HSL 240°, 14%, 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

#BEBECE#BEBECE

HEX#BEBECE

RGBrgb(190, 190, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7451, 0.8078

RGB percentages74.5%, 74.5%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(240, 14%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 7.8%, 80.8%)

CMYK7.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,500,686

CSS custom property--colour: #BEBECE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5223WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.45:1

Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#414131

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BAC0CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#BABFCEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BBC0C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.5 Silver · ΔE 8.6 Thistle · ΔE 10.6 Light grey · ΔE 11.2 Dark grey · ΔE 11.9 Gainsboro · ΔE 13.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.47, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CECEBE

Analogous#BEC6CE, #C6BECE

Triadic#CEBEBE, #BECEBE

Split complementary#CEC6BE, #C6CEBE

Tetradic#CEBEC6, #CECEBE, #BECEC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F8FA

Lighter +10%#DBDBE4

Darker −10%#A1A1B8

Darker −20%#8484A2

Darker −30%#68688B

Darker −40%#53536D

More saturated +25%#B0B0DC

Less saturated −25%#C6C6C6

Channel breakdown

R190

G190

B206

Red190 (74.5%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)14.04%

Lightness77.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BE · G BE · B CE

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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