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Colour

#BECEDE

  • #BECEDE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BECEDE is a blue with RGB values 190, 206, 222 and HSL 210°, 33%, 81%. 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

#BECEDE#BECEDE
HEX#BECEDE
RGBrgb(190, 206, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.8078, 0.8706
RGB percentages74.5%, 80.8%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(210, 32.7%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 14.4%, 87.1%)
CMYK14.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,504,798
CSS custom property--colour: #BECEDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60364WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.07:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#413121

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8CEDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CBDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B6D2D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.6Light blue · ΔE 9.1Light grey · ΔE 10.3Silver · ΔE 10.9Lavender · ΔE 11.4Gainsboro · ΔE 11.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DECEBE
Analogous#BEDEDE, #BEBEDE
Triadic#DEBECE, #CEDEBE
Split complementary#DEBEBE, #DEDEBE
Tetradic#DEBEDE, #DECEBE, #BEDEBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E0E8EF
Darker −10%#9CB4CD
Darker −20%#7A9BBC
Darker −30%#5982AA
Darker −40%#46688A
More saturated +25%#B2CEEA
Less saturated −25%#CACED2

Channel breakdown

R190
G206
B222
Red190 (74.5%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)32.65%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G CE · B DE

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