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Recognised as Colour

#BEC2D2

  • #BEC2D2
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEC2D2 is a blue with RGB values 190, 194, 210 and HSL 228°, 18%, 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 Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BEC2D2#BEC2D2
HEX#BEC2D2
RGBrgb(190, 194, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7608, 0.8235
RGB percentages74.5%, 76.1%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(228, 18.2%, 78.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228, 9.5%, 82.4%)
CMYK9.5%, 7.6%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,501,714
CSS custom property--colour: #BEC2D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.84:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#413D2D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC3D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC2D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BAC5C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.4Silver · ΔE 8.7Light grey · ΔE 10.5Thistle · ΔE 11.6Gainsboro · ΔE 12.6Dark grey · ΔE 12.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D2CEBE
Analogous#BECCD2, #C4BED2
Triadic#D2BEC2, #C2D2BE
Split complementary#D2C4BE, #CCD2BE
Tetradic#D2BECC, #D2CEBE, #BED2C4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFBFC
Lighter +10%#DCDEE7
Darker −10%#A0A6BD
Darker −20%#8289A8
Darker −30%#656E92
Darker −40%#505774
More saturated +25%#B0BAE0
Less saturated −25%#C8C8C8

Channel breakdown

R190
G194
B210
Red190 (74.5%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue228°
Saturation (HSL)18.18%
Lightness78.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G C2 · B D2

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