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Recognised as Colour

#BEC6DD

  • #BEC6DD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEC6DD is a blue with RGB values 190, 198, 221 and HSL 225°, 31%, 81%. 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

#BEC6DD#BEC6DD
HEX#BEC6DD
RGBrgb(190, 198, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7765, 0.8667
RGB percentages74.5%, 77.6%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(224.5, 31.3%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.5, 14%, 86.7%)
CMYK14%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,502,749
CSS custom property--colour: #BEC6DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56556WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.31:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#413922

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C8DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC5DCno 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 11.6 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 text12.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.5Thistle · ΔE 11.8Lavender · ΔE 12.3Silver · ΔE 12.7Light grey · ΔE 13.3Light blue · ΔE 13.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.48, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDD5BE
Analogous#BED6DD, #C5BEDD
Triadic#DDBEC6, #C6DDBE
Split complementary#DDC6BE, #D6DDBE
Tetradic#DDBED6, #DDD5BE, #BEDDC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFE3EF
Darker −10%#9DA9CB
Darker −20%#7B8BBA
Darker −30%#5A6EA8
Darker −40%#475888
More saturated +25%#B2C0E9
Less saturated −25%#CACCD1

Channel breakdown

R190
G198
B221
Red190 (74.5%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue224.52°
Saturation (HSL)31.31%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G C6 · B DD

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