Close to Sky Gray

#BECBD4

#BECBD4 is a light, muted blue, close to the color Sky Gray. In RGB it’s made of 74.5% red, 79.6% green, and 83.1% blue. Its hue is 205°, with 20% saturation and 79% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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Color harmonies

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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White text on this color

1.66:1 Fail
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Black text on this color

12.68:1 AAA
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This color as text on white

1.66:1 Fail
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This color as text on black

12.68:1 AAA

How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #BECBD4 as they’d see it.

Typical vision#BECBD4
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

#BECBD4 in use

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Questions about #BECBD4

What color is #BECBD4?

#BECBD4 is a light, muted blue, close to the color Sky Gray. In RGB it’s made of 74.5% red, 79.6% green, and 83.1% blue. Its hue is 205°, with 20% saturation and 79% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #BECBD4 in RGB?

#BECBD4 is rgb(190, 203, 212): 190 red, 203 green, and 212 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #BECBD4 in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(10, 4, 0, 17). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #BECBD4?

PANTONE 420 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #BECBD4?

Its complement #D3C7BE gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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