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Recognised as Colour

#BEC6E1

  • #BEC6E1
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEC6E1 is a blue with RGB values 190, 198, 225 and HSL 226°, 37%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BEC6E1#BEC6E1
HEX#BEC6E1
RGBrgb(190, 198, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7765, 0.8824
RGB percentages74.5%, 77.6%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(226.3, 36.8%, 81.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.3, 15.6%, 88.2%)
CMYK15.6%, 12%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,502,753
CSS custom property--colour: #BEC6E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.35:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#41391E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFC8E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC5E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B6CBCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.4Thistle · ΔE 11.7Lavender · ΔE 12.7Light blue · ΔE 14.4Silver · ΔE 14.8Light grey · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.37, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1D9BE
Analogous#BED8E1, #C7BEE1
Triadic#E1BEC6, #C6E1BE
Split complementary#E1C8BE, #D8E1BE
Tetradic#E1BED8, #E1D9BE, #BEE1C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E1E5F1
Darker −10%#9BA7D1
Darker −20%#7889C1
Darker −30%#556AB1
Darker −40%#435490
More saturated +25%#B2C0ED
Less saturated −25%#CACCD5

Channel breakdown

R190
G198
B225
Red190 (74.5%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue226.29°
Saturation (HSL)36.84%
Lightness81.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G C6 · B E1

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