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Recognised as Colour

#BECBD6

  • #BECBD6
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#BECBD6 is a blue with RGB values 190, 203, 214 and HSL 208°, 23%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BECBD6#BECBD6
HEX#BECBD6
RGBrgb(190, 203, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7961, 0.8392
RGB percentages74.5%, 79.6%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(207.5, 22.6%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.5, 11.2%, 83.9%)
CMYK11.2%, 5.1%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,504,022
CSS custom property--colour: #BECBD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58514WCAG 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 12.7:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#413429

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7CBD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4C8D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B8CECEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 8Light grey · ΔE 8.1Light steelblue · ΔE 8.7Gainsboro · ΔE 10Light blue · ΔE 10.1Lavender · ΔE 12.6
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 8.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6C9BE
Analogous#BED6D5, #BEBFD6
Triadic#D6BECB, #CBD6BE
Split complementary#D6BEBF, #D6D5BE
Tetradic#D5BED6, #D6C9BE, #BFD6BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFDFD
Lighter +10%#DDE4EA
Darker −10%#9FB2C2
Darker −20%#7F99AF
Darker −30%#61809A
Darker −40%#4D667B
More saturated +25%#B1CCE3
Less saturated −25%#CACACA

Channel breakdown

R190
G203
B214
Red190 (74.5%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue207.5°
Saturation (HSL)22.64%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G CB · B D6

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