Colour

#BEC6DC

#BEC6DC
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEC6DC is a blue with RGB values 190, 198, 220 and HSL 224°, 30%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BEC6DC#BEC6DC

HEX#BEC6DC

RGBrgb(190, 198, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7765, 0.8627

RGB percentages74.5%, 77.6%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(224, 30%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224, 13.6%, 86.3%)

CMYK13.6%, 10%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,502,748

CSS custom property--colour: #BEC6DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.3:1

Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#413923

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C0C7DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEC5DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B7CACDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.7 Thistle · ΔE 11.9 Silver · ΔE 12.2 Lavender · ΔE 12.3 Light grey · ΔE 12.9 Light blue · ΔE 13.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.67, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DCD4BE

Analogous#BED5DC, #C5BEDC

Triadic#DCBEC6, #C6DCBE

Split complementary#DCC5BE, #D5DCBE

Tetradic#DCBED5, #DCD4BE, #BEDCC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#DFE3EE

Darker −10%#9DA9CA

Darker −20%#7C8CB8

Darker −30%#5B6FA6

Darker −40%#485986

More saturated +25%#B2C0E9

Less saturated −25%#CBCCD0

Channel breakdown

R190

G198

B220

Red190 (74.5%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue224°

Saturation (HSL)30%

Lightness80.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BE · G C6 · B DC

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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