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Recognised as Colour

#BEBFD6

  • #BEBFD6
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEBFD6 is a blue with RGB values 190, 191, 214 and HSL 238°, 23%, 79%. 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

#BEBFD6#BEBFD6
HEX#BEBFD6
RGBrgb(190, 191, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.749, 0.8392
RGB percentages74.5%, 74.9%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(237.5, 22.6%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.5, 11.2%, 83.9%)
CMYK11.2%, 10.7%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,500,950
CSS custom property--colour: #BEBFD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.61:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#414029

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAC1D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C0D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B9C3C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 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 text11.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.5Thistle · ΔE 9.6Silver · ΔE 12.3Light grey · ΔE 14Lavender · ΔE 14.1Dark grey · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6D5BE
Analogous#BECBD6, #C9BED6
Triadic#D6BEBF, #BFD6BE
Split complementary#D6C9BE, #CBD6BE
Tetradic#D6BECB, #D6D5BE, #BED6C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFDFD
Lighter +10%#DDDEEA
Darker −10%#9FA0C2
Darker −20%#7F81AF
Darker −30%#61639A
Darker −40%#4D4F7B
More saturated +25%#B1B3E3
Less saturated −25%#CACACA

Channel breakdown

R190
G191
B214
Red190 (74.5%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue237.5°
Saturation (HSL)22.64%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G BF · B D6

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