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Recognised as Colour

#BECADB

  • #BECADB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BECADB is a blue with RGB values 190, 202, 219 and HSL 215°, 29%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BECADB#BECADB
HEX#BECADB
RGBrgb(190, 202, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7922, 0.8588
RGB percentages74.5%, 79.2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(215.2, 28.7%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.2, 13.2%, 85.9%)
CMYK13.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,503,771
CSS custom property--colour: #BECADB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.66:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#413524

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4CADCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C8DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B7CECFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.9Silver · ΔE 10.4Light grey · ΔE 10.5Light blue · ΔE 10.7Lavender · ΔE 11.8Gainsboro · ΔE 12
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBCFBE
Analogous#BED8DB, #C1BEDB
Triadic#DBBECA, #CADBBE
Split complementary#DBC1BE, #D8DBBE
Tetradic#DBBED8, #DBCFBE, #BEDBC1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFE5ED
Darker −10%#9DAFC9
Darker −20%#7C94B7
Darker −30%#5C7AA4
Darker −40%#496184
More saturated +25%#B1C8E8
Less saturated −25%#CBCCCE

Channel breakdown

R190
G202
B219
Red190 (74.5%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue215.17°
Saturation (HSL)28.71%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G CA · B DB

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