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Recognised as Colour

#BED6F5

  • #BED6F5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BED6F5 is a blue with RGB values 190, 214, 245 and HSL 214°, 73%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BED6F5#BED6F5
HEX#BED6F5
RGBrgb(190, 214, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.8392, 0.9608
RGB percentages74.5%, 83.9%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(213.8, 73.3%, 85.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.8, 22.4%, 96.1%)
CMYK22.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,506,869
CSS custom property--colour: #BED6F5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.13:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#41290A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD7F7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5D1F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B0DDE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.9Light blue · ΔE 11.4Lavender · ΔE 11.9Sky blue · ΔE 14.9Light skyblue · ΔE 15.1Powder blue · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5DDBE
Analogous#BEF2F5, #C1BEF5
Triadic#F5BED6, #D6F5BE
Split complementary#F5C2BE, #F2F5BE
Tetradic#F5BEF2, #F5DDBE, #BEF5C2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EAF2FC
Darker −10%#92BAEE
Darker −20%#669EE7
Darker −30%#3982E1
Darker −40%#1F69C8
More saturated +25%#B5D5FE
Less saturated −25%#C7D7EC

Channel breakdown

R190
G214
B245
Red190 (74.5%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue213.82°
Saturation (HSL)73.33%
Lightness85.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G D6 · B F5

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