Recognised as Colour

#BEC8D6

#BEC8D6
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEC8D6 is a blue with RGB values 190, 200, 214 and HSL 215°, 23%, 79%. 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

#BEC8D6#BEC8D6

HEX#BEC8D6

RGBrgb(190, 200, 214)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7843, 0.8392

RGB percentages74.5%, 78.4%, 83.9%

HSLhsl(215, 22.6%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(215, 11.2%, 83.9%)

CMYK11.2%, 6.5%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,503,254

CSS custom property--colour: #BEC8D6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57111WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.42:1

Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#413729

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3C8D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1C6D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B8CBCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.3 Silver · ΔE 8.5 Light grey · ΔE 9.2 Gainsboro · ΔE 11.1 Light blue · ΔE 11.3 Lavender · ΔE 12.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.33, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D6CCBE

Analogous#BED4D6, #C0BED6

Triadic#D6BEC8, #C8D6BE

Split complementary#D6C0BE, #D4D6BE

Tetradic#D6BED4, #D6CCBE, #BED6C0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFDFD

Lighter +10%#DDE2EA

Darker −10%#9FAEC2

Darker −20%#7F93AF

Darker −30%#61799A

Darker −40%#4D607B

More saturated +25%#B1C6E3

Less saturated −25%#CACACA

Channel breakdown

R190

G200

B214

Red190 (74.5%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue214 (83.9%)

Hue215°

Saturation (HSL)22.64%

Lightness79.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BE · G C8 · B D6

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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