Colour

#BECBEA

#BECBEA
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#BECBEA is a blue with RGB values 190, 203, 234 and HSL 222°, 51%, 83%. 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

#BECBEA#BECBEA

HEX#BECBEA

RGBrgb(190, 203, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7961, 0.9176

RGB percentages74.5%, 79.6%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(222.3, 51.2%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222.3, 18.8%, 91.8%)

CMYK18.8%, 13.2%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,504,042

CSS custom property--colour: #BECBEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.596WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.92:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#413415

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C2CDECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEC9E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B3D1D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.9 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 text12.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.8 Lavender · ΔE 12.6 Thistle · ΔE 13.7 Light blue · ΔE 14.1 Light grey · ΔE 17.1 Silver · ΔE 17.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.79, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EADDBE

Analogous#BEE1EA, #C7BEEA

Triadic#EABECB, #CBEABE

Split complementary#EAC7BE, #E1EABE

Tetradic#EABEE1, #EADDBE, #BEEAC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E5EAF6

Darker −10%#97ACDE

Darker −20%#718DD1

Darker −30%#4A6EC5

Darker −40%#3657A6

More saturated +25%#B3C7F5

Less saturated −25%#C9CFDF

Channel breakdown

R190

G203

B234

Red190 (74.5%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue222.27°

Saturation (HSL)51.16%

Lightness83.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BE · G CB · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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