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Recognised as Colour

#BECFED

  • #BECFED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BECFED is a blue with RGB values 190, 207, 237 and HSL 218°, 57%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BECFED#BECFED
HEX#BECFED
RGBrgb(190, 207, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.8118, 0.9294
RGB percentages74.5%, 81.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(218.3, 56.6%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.3, 19.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK19.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,505,069
CSS custom property--colour: #BECFED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.34:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#413012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D0EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1CCECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B2D5D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.9Lavender · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 12.6Thistle · ΔE 15Sky blue · ΔE 16.4Light skyblue · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.87, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDDCBE
Analogous#BEE7ED, #C5BEED
Triadic#EDBECF, #CFEDBE
Split complementary#EDC5BE, #E7EDBE
Tetradic#EDBEE7, #EDDCBE, #BEEDC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6ECF8
Darker −10%#96B2E2
Darker −20%#6E94D7
Darker −30%#4677CC
Darker −40%#305EAF
More saturated +25%#B4CCF7
Less saturated −25%#C8D2E3

Channel breakdown

R190
G207
B237
Red190 (74.5%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue218.3°
Saturation (HSL)56.63%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G CF · B ED

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