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Recognised as Colour

#BFBEE9

  • #BFBEE9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#BFBEE9 is a blue with RGB values 191, 190, 233 and HSL 241°, 49%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BFBEE9#BFBEE9
HEX#BFBEE9
RGBrgb(191, 190, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.7451, 0.9137
RGB percentages74.9%, 74.5%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(241.4, 49.4%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(241.4, 18.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK18%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,566,249
CSS custom property--colour: #BFBEE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53786WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.76:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#404116

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C3EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3C1E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B6C5CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 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 text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.9Thistle · ΔE 12.8Lavender · ΔE 18.5Light skyblue · ΔE 21.2Light blue · ΔE 22.8Silver · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8E9BE
Analogous#BED3E9, #D4BEE9
Triadic#E9BFBE, #BEE9BF
Split complementary#E9D5BE, #D3E9BE
Tetradic#E9BED3, #E8E9BE, #BEE9D5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E5E4F6
Darker −10%#9998DC
Darker −20%#7472CF
Darker −30%#4E4CC2
Darker −40%#3A37A4
More saturated +25%#B5B3F4
Less saturated −25%#C9C9DE

Channel breakdown

R191
G190
B233
Red191 (74.9%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue241.4°
Saturation (HSL)49.43%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BF · G BE · B E9

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