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Recognised as Colour

#BED1EE

  • #BED1EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BED1EE is a blue with RGB values 190, 209, 238 and HSL 216°, 59%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BED1EE#BED1EE
HEX#BED1EE
RGBrgb(190, 209, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.8196, 0.9333
RGB percentages74.5%, 82%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(216.3, 58.5%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.3, 20.2%, 93.3%)
CMYK20.2%, 12.2%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,505,582
CSS custom property--colour: #BED1EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62721WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.54:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#412E11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8D2EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3CDEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B2D7DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.1Lavender · ΔE 11.6Light blue · ΔE 11.6Thistle · ΔE 15.7Sky blue · ΔE 15.8Powder blue · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEDBBE
Analogous#BEE9EE, #C3BEEE
Triadic#EEBED1, #D1EEBE
Split complementary#EEC3BE, #E9EEBE
Tetradic#EEBEE9, #EEDBBE, #BEEEC3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6EEF9
Darker −10%#96B4E3
Darker −20%#6D98D9
Darker −30%#457BCE
Darker −40%#2E62B2
More saturated +25%#B4CFF8
Less saturated −25%#C8D3E4

Channel breakdown

R190
G209
B238
Red190 (74.5%)
Green209 (82%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue216.25°
Saturation (HSL)58.54%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G D1 · B EE

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