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Recognised as Colour

#BED0EE

  • #BED0EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BED0EE is a blue with RGB values 190, 208, 238 and HSL 218°, 59%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BED0EE#BED0EE
HEX#BED0EE
RGBrgb(190, 208, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.8157, 0.9333
RGB percentages74.5%, 81.6%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(217.5, 58.5%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.5, 20.2%, 93.3%)
CMYK20.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,505,326
CSS custom property--colour: #BED0EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62232WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.45:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#412F11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D1EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2CDEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B2D6DAno 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 text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.1Lavender · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 12.3Thistle · ΔE 15.4Sky blue · ΔE 16.1Light skyblue · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEDCBE
Analogous#BEE8EE, #C4BEEE
Triadic#EEBED0, #D0EEBE
Split complementary#EEC4BE, #E8EEBE
Tetradic#EEBEE8, #EEDCBE, #BEEEC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6EDF9
Darker −10%#96B3E3
Darker −20%#6D96D9
Darker −30%#4578CE
Darker −40%#2E60B2
More saturated +25%#B4CDF8
Less saturated −25%#C8D3E4

Channel breakdown

R190
G208
B238
Red190 (74.5%)
Green208 (81.6%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue217.5°
Saturation (HSL)58.54%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G D0 · B EE

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