Recognised as Colour
#BEECF2
- #BEECF2
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Powder blue
#BEECF2 is a cyan with RGB values 190, 236, 242 and HSL 187°, 67%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.
Colour values
#BEECF2#BEECF2
HEX#BEECF2
RGBrgb(190, 236, 242)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.9255, 0.949
RGB percentages74.5%, 92.5%, 94.9%
HSLhsl(186.9, 66.7%, 84.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.9, 21.5%, 94.9%)
CMYK21.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,512,498
CSS custom property--colour: #BEECF2;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.77349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.47:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#41130D
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.47:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#F2C4BE
Analogous#BEF2DE, #BED2F2
Triadic#F2BEEC, #ECF2BE
Split complementary#F2BED2, #F2DEBE
Tetradic#DEBEF2, #F2C4BE, #D2F2BE
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R190
G236
B242
Red190 (74.5%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue242 (94.9%)
Hue186.92°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness84.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G EC · B F2
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