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Recognised as Colour

#BEBEEA

  • #BEBEEA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEBEEA is a blue with RGB values 190, 190, 234 and HSL 240°, 51%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BEBEEA#BEBEEA
HEX#BEBEEA
RGBrgb(190, 190, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7451, 0.9176
RGB percentages74.5%, 74.5%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(240, 51.2%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 18.8%, 91.8%)
CMYK18.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,500,714
CSS custom property--colour: #BEBEEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53715WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.74:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#414115

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3C3ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2C0E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#B5C5CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 12.2Thistle · ΔE 13.4Lavender · ΔE 18.9Light skyblue · ΔE 20.9Light blue · ΔE 23Silver · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 12.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAEABE
Analogous#BED4EA, #D4BEEA
Triadic#EABEBE, #BEEABE
Split complementary#EAD4BE, #D4EABE
Tetradic#EABED4, #EAEABE, #BEEAD4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E5E5F6
Darker −10%#9797DE
Darker −20%#7171D1
Darker −30%#4A4AC5
Darker −40%#3636A6
More saturated +25%#B3B3F5
Less saturated −25%#C9C9DF

Channel breakdown

R190
G190
B234
Red190 (74.5%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)51.16%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G BE · B EA

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