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Colour

#BEC9CB

  • #BEC9CB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#BEC9CB is a cyan with RGB values 190, 201, 203 and HSL 189°, 11%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BEC9CB#BEC9CB
HEX#BEC9CB
RGBrgb(190, 201, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7882, 0.7961
RGB percentages74.5%, 78.8%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(189.2, 11.1%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.2, 6.4%, 79.6%)
CMYK6.4%, 1%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,503,499
CSS custom property--colour: #BEC9CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57032WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.41:1
Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#413634

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7C8CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5C6CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#BBCACAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.8 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 text12.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 4.8Light grey · ΔE 6Gainsboro · ΔE 8.6Dark grey · ΔE 11.7Light blue · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 13.2
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 4.77, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBC0BE
Analogous#BECBC6, #BEC3CB
Triadic#CBBEC9, #C9CBBE
Split complementary#CBBEC3, #CBC6BE
Tetradic#C6BECB, #CBC0BE, #C3CBBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F8F8
Lighter +10%#DAE1E2
Darker −10%#A2B1B4
Darker −20%#859A9E
Darker −30%#6B8185
Darker −40%#546669
More saturated +25%#AFD3DA
Less saturated −25%#C4C4C4

Channel breakdown

R190
G201
B203
Red190 (74.5%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue189.23°
Saturation (HSL)11.11%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G C9 · B CB

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