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Recognised as Colour

#BEC2E9

  • #BEC2E9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEC2E9 is a blue with RGB values 190, 194, 233 and HSL 234°, 49%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BEC2E9#BEC2E9
HEX#BEC2E9
RGBrgb(190, 194, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7608, 0.9137
RGB percentages74.5%, 76.1%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(234.4, 49.4%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234.4, 18.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK18.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,501,737
CSS custom property--colour: #BEC2E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.08:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#413D16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C6EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6C3E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B5C9CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.1Thistle · ΔE 12.5Lavender · ΔE 16.4Light skyblue · ΔE 19.5Light blue · ΔE 19.8Silver · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9E5BE
Analogous#BED7E9, #D0BEE9
Triadic#E9BEC2, #C2E9BE
Split complementary#E9D0BE, #D7E9BE
Tetradic#E9BED7, #E9E5BE, #BEE9D0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4E6F6
Darker −10%#989EDC
Darker −20%#727ACF
Darker −30%#4C57C2
Darker −40%#3741A4
More saturated +25%#B3B9F4
Less saturated −25%#C9CBDE

Channel breakdown

R190
G194
B233
Red190 (74.5%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue234.42°
Saturation (HSL)49.43%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G C2 · B E9

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