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Recognised as Colour

#BEC9ED

  • #BEC9ED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BEC9ED is a blue with RGB values 190, 201, 237 and HSL 226°, 57%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BEC9ED#BEC9ED
HEX#BEC9ED
RGBrgb(190, 201, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7882, 0.9294
RGB percentages74.5%, 78.8%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(226, 56.6%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226, 19.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK19.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,503,533
CSS custom property--colour: #BEC9ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58835WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.77:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#413612

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFCCEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC8ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B3D0D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.8Thistle · ΔE 13.7Lavender · ΔE 14.2Light blue · ΔE 16.6Light skyblue · ΔE 17.4Sky blue · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDE2BE
Analogous#BEE1ED, #CBBEED
Triadic#EDBEC9, #C9EDBE
Split complementary#EDCBBE, #E1EDBE
Tetradic#EDBEE1, #EDE2BE, #BEEDCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6EAF8
Darker −10%#96A8E2
Darker −20%#6E87D7
Darker −30%#4665CC
Darker −40%#304EAF
More saturated +25%#B4C3F7
Less saturated −25%#C8CFE3

Channel breakdown

R190
G201
B237
Red190 (74.5%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue225.96°
Saturation (HSL)56.63%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G C9 · B ED

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