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Colour

#BECAED

  • #BECAED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BECAED is a blue with RGB values 190, 202, 237 and HSL 225°, 57%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BECAED#BECAED
HEX#BECAED
RGBrgb(190, 202, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7922, 0.9294
RGB percentages74.5%, 79.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(224.7, 56.6%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.7, 19.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK19.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,503,789
CSS custom property--colour: #BECAED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.86:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#413512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0CDEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B3D1D5no 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 text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.3Lavender · ΔE 13.7Thistle · ΔE 13.8Light blue · ΔE 15.9Light skyblue · ΔE 17.2Sky blue · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDE1BE
Analogous#BEE2ED, #CABEED
Triadic#EDBECA, #CAEDBE
Split complementary#EDCABE, #E2EDBE
Tetradic#EDBEE2, #EDE1BE, #BEEDCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6EBF8
Darker −10%#96A9E2
Darker −20%#6E89D7
Darker −30%#4668CC
Darker −40%#3051AF
More saturated +25%#B4C5F7
Less saturated −25%#C8CFE3

Channel breakdown

R190
G202
B237
Red190 (74.5%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue224.68°
Saturation (HSL)56.63%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G CA · B ED

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