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Recognised as Colour

#BEBEDC

  • #BEBEDC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEBEDC is a blue with RGB values 190, 190, 220 and HSL 240°, 30%, 80%. 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

#BEBEDC#BEBEDC
HEX#BEBEDC
RGBrgb(190, 190, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7451, 0.8627
RGB percentages74.5%, 74.5%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(240, 30%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 13.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK13.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,500,700
CSS custom property--colour: #BEBEDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52941WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.7 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#414123

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C1DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6C0DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B8C3C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 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 7.2Thistle · ΔE 9.5Lavender · ΔE 15.1Silver · ΔE 16.1Light grey · ΔE 17.4Light blue · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCDCBE
Analogous#BECDDC, #CDBEDC
Triadic#DCBEBE, #BEDCBE
Split complementary#DCCDBE, #CDDCBE
Tetradic#DCBECD, #DCDCBE, #BEDCCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFDFEE
Darker −10%#9D9DCA
Darker −20%#7C7CB8
Darker −30%#5B5BA6
Darker −40%#484886
More saturated +25%#B2B2E9
Less saturated −25%#CBCBD0

Channel breakdown

R190
G190
B220
Red190 (74.5%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)30%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G BE · B DC

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