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Recognised as Colour

#BEC7ED

  • #BEC7ED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEC7ED is a blue with RGB values 190, 199, 237 and HSL 229°, 57%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BEC7ED#BEC7ED
HEX#BEC7ED
RGBrgb(190, 199, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7804, 0.9294
RGB percentages74.5%, 78%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(228.5, 56.6%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228.5, 19.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK19.8%, 16%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,503,021
CSS custom property--colour: #BEC7ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57908WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.58:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#413812

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDCAEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C7ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B3CED3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.9Thistle · ΔE 13.6Lavender · ΔE 15.1Light skyblue · ΔE 17.9Light blue · ΔE 18Sky blue · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDE4BE
Analogous#BEDFED, #CDBEED
Triadic#EDBEC7, #C7EDBE
Split complementary#EDCDBE, #DFEDBE
Tetradic#EDBEDF, #EDE4BE, #BEEDCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6E9F8
Darker −10%#96A5E2
Darker −20%#6E82D7
Darker −30%#4660CC
Darker −40%#3049AF
More saturated +25%#B4C1F7
Less saturated −25%#C8CDE3

Channel breakdown

R190
G199
B237
Red190 (74.5%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue228.51°
Saturation (HSL)56.63%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G C7 · B ED

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