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Colour

#BEC8DE

  • #BEC8DE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEC8DE is a blue with RGB values 190, 200, 222 and HSL 221°, 33%, 81%. 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

#BEC8DE#BEC8DE
HEX#BEC8DE
RGBrgb(190, 200, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7843, 0.8706
RGB percentages74.5%, 78.4%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(221.3, 32.7%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.3, 14.4%, 87.1%)
CMYK14.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,503,262
CSS custom property--colour: #BEC8DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.51:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#413721

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C9DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC6DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B7CCCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 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 text12.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.4Lavender · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 12.4Silver · ΔE 12.4Thistle · ΔE 12.6Light grey · ΔE 12.8
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#DED4BE
Analogous#BED8DE, #C4BEDE
Triadic#DEBEC8, #C8DEBE
Split complementary#DEC4BE, #D8DEBE
Tetradic#DEBED8, #DED4BE, #BEDEC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E0E5EF
Darker −10%#9CABCD
Darker −20%#7A8FBC
Darker −30%#5972AA
Darker −40%#465B8A
More saturated +25%#B2C3EA
Less saturated −25%#CACDD2

Channel breakdown

R190
G200
B222
Red190 (74.5%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue221.25°
Saturation (HSL)32.65%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G C8 · B DE

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