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Recognised as Colour

#BEC8DC

  • #BEC8DC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEC8DC is a blue with RGB values 190, 200, 220 and HSL 220°, 30%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BEC8DC#BEC8DC
HEX#BEC8DC
RGBrgb(190, 200, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7843, 0.8627
RGB percentages74.5%, 78.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(220, 30%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220, 13.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK13.6%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,503,260
CSS custom property--colour: #BEC8DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57423WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.48:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#413723

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C9DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC6DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B7CCCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.9Silver · ΔE 11.4Light grey · ΔE 11.9Lavender · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 12Thistle · ΔE 12.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.93, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCD2BE
Analogous#BED7DC, #C3BEDC
Triadic#DCBEC8, #C8DCBE
Split complementary#DCC3BE, #D7DCBE
Tetradic#DCBED7, #DCD2BE, #BEDCC3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFE4EE
Darker −10%#9DACCA
Darker −20%#7C90B8
Darker −30%#5B74A6
Darker −40%#485D86
More saturated +25%#B2C4E9
Less saturated −25%#CBCCD0

Channel breakdown

R190
G200
B220
Red190 (74.5%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue220°
Saturation (HSL)30%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G C8 · B DC

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