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Recognised as Colour

#BECEEA

  • #BECEEA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BECEEA is a blue with RGB values 190, 206, 234 and HSL 218°, 51%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BECEEA#BECEEA
HEX#BECEEA
RGBrgb(190, 206, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.8078, 0.9176
RGB percentages74.5%, 80.8%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(218.2, 51.2%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.2, 18.8%, 91.8%)
CMYK18.8%, 12%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,504,810
CSS custom property--colour: #BECEEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.21:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#413115

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5CFEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1CBE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B3D4D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.3Lavender · ΔE 11.6Light blue · ΔE 12.1Thistle · ΔE 14.5Light grey · ΔE 15.8Silver · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.29, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EADABE
Analogous#BEE4EA, #C4BEEA
Triadic#EABECE, #CEEABE
Split complementary#EAC4BE, #E4EABE
Tetradic#EABEE4, #EADABE, #BEEAC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E5EBF6
Darker −10%#97B1DE
Darker −20%#7194D1
Darker −30%#4A77C5
Darker −40%#365FA6
More saturated +25%#B3CBF5
Less saturated −25%#C9D1DF

Channel breakdown

R190
G206
B234
Red190 (74.5%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue218.18°
Saturation (HSL)51.16%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G CE · B EA

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