Colour

#BECDEB

#BECDEB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#BECDEB is a blue with RGB values 190, 205, 235 and HSL 220°, 53%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BECDEB#BECDEB

HEX#BECDEB

RGBrgb(190, 205, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.8039, 0.9216

RGB percentages74.5%, 80.4%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(220, 52.9%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220, 19.1%, 92.2%)

CMYK19.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,504,555

CSS custom property--colour: #BECDEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60608WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.12:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#413214

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C4CFECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0CBEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#B3D3D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.6 Lavender · ΔE 12.1 Light blue · ΔE 13.1 Thistle · ΔE 14.3 Light grey · ΔE 16.7 Sky blue · ΔE 16.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.6, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBDCBE

Analogous#BEE3EB, #C6BEEB

Triadic#EBBECD, #CDEBBE

Split complementary#EBC6BE, #E3EBBE

Tetradic#EBBEE3, #EBDCBE, #BEEBC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E5EBF7

Darker −10%#97AFDF

Darker −20%#7091D3

Darker −30%#4973C7

Darker −40%#345BA9

More saturated +25%#B3C9F6

Less saturated −25%#C9D1E0

Channel breakdown

R190

G205

B235

Red190 (74.5%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue220°

Saturation (HSL)52.94%

Lightness83.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BE · G CD · B EB

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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