Recognised as Colour
#C2BEED
- #C2BEED
- Blue
- Light
- Nearest: Thistle
#C2BEED is a blue with RGB values 194, 190, 237 and HSL 245°, 57%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.
Colour values
#C2BEED#C2BEED
HEX#C2BEED
RGBrgb(194, 190, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.7451, 0.9294
RGB percentages76.1%, 74.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(245.1, 56.6%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.1, 19.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK18.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,762,861
CSS custom property--colour: #C2BEED;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.54411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.88:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#3D4112
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E9EDBE
Analogous#BED2ED, #DABEED
Triadic#EDC2BE, #BEEDC2
Split complementary#EDDABE, #D2EDBE
Tetradic#EDBED2, #E9EDBE, #BEEDDA
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R194
G190
B237
Red194 (76.1%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue245.11°
Saturation (HSL)56.63%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C2 · G BE · B ED
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