Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#BEC2D0

  • #BEC2D0
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#BEC2D0 is a blue with RGB values 190, 194, 208 and HSL 227°, 16%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BEC2D0#BEC2D0
HEX#BEC2D0
RGBrgb(190, 194, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7608, 0.8157
RGB percentages74.5%, 76.1%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(226.7, 16.1%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.7, 8.7%, 81.6%)
CMYK8.7%, 6.7%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,501,712
CSS custom property--colour: #BEC2D0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.82:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#413D2F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC3D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC2D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BAC4C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.6Light steelblue · ΔE 8.2Light grey · ΔE 9.7Gainsboro · ΔE 12Dark grey · ΔE 12Thistle · ΔE 12.1
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0CCBE
Analogous#BECBD0, #C3BED0
Triadic#D0BEC2, #C2D0BE
Split complementary#D0C3BE, #CBD0BE
Tetradic#D0BECB, #D0CCBE, #BED0C3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9FAFB
Lighter +10%#DCDEE5
Darker −10%#A0A6BB
Darker −20%#838AA5
Darker −30%#67708E
Darker −40%#515871
More saturated +25%#B0BADE
Less saturated −25%#C7C7C7

Channel breakdown

R190
G194
B208
Red190 (74.5%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue226.67°
Saturation (HSL)16.07%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G C2 · B D0

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “bec2d0” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.