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Recognised as Colour

#BEC2DD

  • #BEC2DD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEC2DD is a blue with RGB values 190, 194, 221 and HSL 232°, 31%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BEC2DD#BEC2DD
HEX#BEC2DD
RGBrgb(190, 194, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7608, 0.8667
RGB percentages74.5%, 76.1%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(232.3, 31.3%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.3, 14%, 86.7%)
CMYK14%, 12.2%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,501,725
CSS custom property--colour: #BEC2DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.95:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#413D22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC4DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAC2DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B7C7CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.4Thistle · ΔE 10.4Lavender · ΔE 13.6Silver · ΔE 14.5Light grey · ΔE 15.5Light blue · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDD9BE
Analogous#BED2DD, #CABEDD
Triadic#DDBEC2, #C2DDBE
Split complementary#DDCABE, #D2DDBE
Tetradic#DDBED2, #DDD9BE, #BEDDCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFE1EF
Darker −10%#9DA3CB
Darker −20%#7B83BA
Darker −30%#5A64A8
Darker −40%#474F88
More saturated +25%#B2B9E9
Less saturated −25%#CACBD1

Channel breakdown

R190
G194
B221
Red190 (74.5%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue232.26°
Saturation (HSL)31.31%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G C2 · B DD

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