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Colour

#BED5EB

  • #BED5EB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BED5EB is a blue with RGB values 190, 213, 235 and HSL 209°, 53%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BED5EB#BED5EB
HEX#BED5EB
RGBrgb(190, 213, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.8353, 0.9216
RGB percentages74.5%, 83.5%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(209.3, 52.9%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.3, 19.1%, 92.2%)
CMYK19.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,506,603
CSS custom property--colour: #BED5EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64534WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.91:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#412A14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD5ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7D0EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B2DADCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.3Light blue · ΔE 8Lavender · ΔE 10.9Powder blue · ΔE 12.4Light grey · ΔE 13.7Gainsboro · ΔE 14.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBD4BE
Analogous#BEEBEA, #BEBFEB
Triadic#EBBED5, #D5EBBE
Split complementary#EBBEBF, #EBEABE
Tetradic#EABEEB, #EBD4BE, #BFEBBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E5EEF7
Darker −10%#97BCDF
Darker −20%#70A3D3
Darker −30%#4989C7
Darker −40%#3470A9
More saturated +25%#B3D5F6
Less saturated −25%#C9D5E0

Channel breakdown

R190
G213
B235
Red190 (74.5%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue209.33°
Saturation (HSL)52.94%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G D5 · B EB

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