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Recognised as Colour

#BECDD9

  • #BECDD9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BECDD9 is a blue with RGB values 190, 205, 217 and HSL 207°, 26%, 80%. 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

#BECDD9#BECDD9
HEX#BECDD9
RGBrgb(190, 205, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.8039, 0.851
RGB percentages74.5%, 80.4%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(206.7, 26.2%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.7, 12.4%, 85.1%)
CMYK12.4%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,504,537
CSS custom property--colour: #BECDD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5962WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.92:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#413226

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8CDDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5CAD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B7D0D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.3Light grey · ΔE 8.6Silver · ΔE 9Light blue · ΔE 9.3Gainsboro · ΔE 10.2Lavender · ΔE 12.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9CABE
Analogous#BED9D8, #BEC0D9
Triadic#D9BECD, #CDD9BE
Split complementary#D9BEC0, #D9D8BE
Tetradic#D8BED9, #D9CABE, #C0D9BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#DEE6EC
Darker −10%#9EB4C6
Darker −20%#7E9BB3
Darker −30%#5E83A0
Darker −40%#4B6880
More saturated +25%#B1CEE6
Less saturated −25%#CBCCCC

Channel breakdown

R190
G205
B217
Red190 (74.5%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue206.67°
Saturation (HSL)26.21%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G CD · B D9

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