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Recognised as Colour

#BECBD7

  • #BECBD7
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BECBD7 is a blue with RGB values 190, 203, 215 and HSL 209°, 24%, 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 Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BECBD7#BECBD7
HEX#BECBD7
RGBrgb(190, 203, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7961, 0.8431
RGB percentages74.5%, 79.6%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(208.8, 23.8%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.8, 11.6%, 84.3%)
CMYK11.6%, 5.6%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,504,023
CSS custom property--colour: #BECBD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58565WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.71:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#413428

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6CBD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C8D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B8CECFno 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 text12.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.2Silver · ΔE 8.4Light grey · ΔE 8.5Light blue · ΔE 10.1Gainsboro · ΔE 10.2Lavender · ΔE 12.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.2, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D7CABE
Analogous#BED7D6, #BEBFD7
Triadic#D7BECB, #CBD7BE
Split complementary#D7BEBF, #D7D7BE
Tetradic#D6BED7, #D7CABE, #BFD7BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFEFE
Lighter +10%#DEE4EA
Darker −10%#9EB2C4
Darker −20%#7F98B0
Darker −30%#607F9C
Darker −40%#4D657C
More saturated +25%#B1CCE4
Less saturated −25%#CBCBCB

Channel breakdown

R190
G203
B215
Red190 (74.5%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue208.8°
Saturation (HSL)23.81%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G CB · B D7

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