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Recognised as Colour

#BED9FB

  • #BED9FB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BED9FB is a blue with RGB values 190, 217, 251 and HSL 213°, 88%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BED9FB#BED9FB
HEX#BED9FB
RGBrgb(190, 217, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.851, 0.9843
RGB percentages74.5%, 85.1%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(213.4, 88.4%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.4, 24.3%, 98.4%)
CMYK24.3%, 13.5%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,507,643
CSS custom property--colour: #BED9FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67538WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.51:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#412604

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDDAFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6D4FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AEE0E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.5Light blue · ΔE 12.4Lavender · ΔE 12.8Light skyblue · ΔE 14.2Sky blue · ΔE 14.8Powder blue · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBE0BE
Analogous#BEF8FB, #C2BEFB
Triadic#FBBED9, #D9FBBE
Split complementary#FBC2BE, #F8FBBE
Tetradic#FBBEF7, #FBE0BE, #BEFBC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EEF5FE
Darker −10%#8EBDF8
Darker −20%#5EA1F5
Darker −30%#2E85F2
Darker −40%#0E6ADF
More saturated +25%#BAD9FF
Less saturated −25%#C7DAF2

Channel breakdown

R190
G217
B251
Red190 (74.5%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue213.44°
Saturation (HSL)88.41%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G D9 · B FB

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