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Recognised as Colour

#BFBEE6

  • #BFBEE6
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BFBEE6 is a blue with RGB values 191, 190, 230 and HSL 242°, 44%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BFBEE6#BFBEE6
HEX#BFBEE6
RGBrgb(191, 190, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.7451, 0.902
RGB percentages74.9%, 74.5%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(241.5, 44.4%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(241.5, 17.4%, 90.2%)
CMYK17%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,566,246
CSS custom property--colour: #BFBEE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53616WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.72:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#404119

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C3E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4C0E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B7C5CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.7Thistle · ΔE 11.7Lavender · ΔE 17.6Light skyblue · ΔE 21.2Silver · ΔE 21.4Light blue · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5E6BE
Analogous#BED1E6, #D3BEE6
Triadic#E6BFBE, #BEE6BF
Split complementary#E6D3BE, #D1E6BE
Tetradic#E6BED1, #E5E6BE, #BEE6D3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E3E3F4
Darker −10%#9B99D8
Darker −20%#7674CA
Darker −30%#524FBB
Darker −40%#3E3C9C
More saturated +25%#B4B3F1
Less saturated −25%#CAC9DB

Channel breakdown

R191
G190
B230
Red191 (74.9%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue241.5°
Saturation (HSL)44.44%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G BE · B E6

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