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Recognised as Colour

#BED1E0

  • #BED1E0
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BED1E0 is a blue with RGB values 190, 209, 224 and HSL 206°, 35%, 81%. 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

#BED1E0#BED1E0
HEX#BED1E0
RGBrgb(190, 209, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.8196, 0.8784
RGB percentages74.5%, 82%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(206.5, 35.4%, 81.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.5, 15.2%, 87.8%)
CMYK15.2%, 6.7%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,505,568
CSS custom property--colour: #BED1E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6193WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.39:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#412E1F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD1E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7CDE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#B5D5D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 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 text13.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.5Light blue · ΔE 7.8Light grey · ΔE 10.3Gainsboro · ΔE 11.3Powder blue · ΔE 11.3Silver · ΔE 11.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0CDBE
Analogous#BEE0DE, #BEC0E0
Triadic#E0BED1, #D1E0BE
Split complementary#E0BEC0, #E0DEBE
Tetradic#DEBEE0, #E0CDBE, #C0E0BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E1E9F0
Darker −10%#9BB9D0
Darker −20%#79A0BF
Darker −30%#5688AF
Darker −40%#446D8E
More saturated +25%#B2D2EC
Less saturated −25%#CAD0D4

Channel breakdown

R190
G209
B224
Red190 (74.5%)
Green209 (82%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue206.47°
Saturation (HSL)35.42%
Lightness81.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G D1 · B E0

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