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Recognised as Colour

#BECDDC

  • #BECDDC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BECDDC is a blue with RGB values 190, 205, 220 and HSL 210°, 30%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BECDDC#BECDDC
HEX#BECDDC
RGBrgb(190, 205, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.8039, 0.8627
RGB percentages74.5%, 80.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(210, 30%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 13.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK13.6%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,504,540
CSS custom property--colour: #BECDDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59777WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.96:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#413223

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8CDDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CADCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B7D0D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 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 text12.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.9Light blue · ΔE 9.4Light grey · ΔE 9.8Silver · ΔE 10.2Gainsboro · ΔE 11.2Lavender · ΔE 11.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCCDBE
Analogous#BEDCDC, #BEBEDC
Triadic#DCBECD, #CDDCBE
Split complementary#DCBEBE, #DCDCBE
Tetradic#DCBEDC, #DCCDBE, #BEDCBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFE7EE
Darker −10%#9DB3CA
Darker −20%#7C9AB8
Darker −30%#5B81A6
Darker −40%#486786
More saturated +25%#B2CDE9
Less saturated −25%#CBCDD0

Channel breakdown

R190
G205
B220
Red190 (74.5%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)30%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G CD · B DC

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