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#BECCEA — Pale Muted Blue

#BECCEA is a blue color we call Pale Muted Blue, closest to the named color LightBlue (#ADD8E6). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightblue (#ADD8E6) — not an exact match. CSS lightblue gives you #ADD8E6, a different color; use #BECCEA when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BECCEA is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EADCBE; it also sits naturally between #BEE2EA and #C6BEEA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BECCEA · RGB 190, 204, 234

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Color values

HEX#BECCEA
RGB190, 204, 234
HSL221°, 51%, 83%
HSV221°, 19%, 92%
CMYK19%, 13%, 0%, 8%
XYZ57.68, 60.07, 86.40
Yxy60.07, 0.2825, 0.2943
CIE-Lab81.88, 1.43, -16.40
Hunter Lab77.51, 1.36, -16.67

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 80% · Blue 92%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BECCEA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BECCEA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BECCEA

.text { color: #BECCEA; }
.background { background-color: #BECCEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BECCEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 204, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(221, 51%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BECCEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 204, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BECCEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 204, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BECCEA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BECCEA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BECCEA

#9FB3E0#809BD6#6183CC#426BC2#375BA9#2D4B8B#233A6C#19294D#0F192E#05080F

Tints of #BECCEA

#C1CFEB#C9D5EE#CDD8EF#D1DBF0#D8E1F3#DCE4F4#E0E7F5#E4EAF6#ECF0F9#F0F3FA

Tones of #BECCEA

#C1CDE7#C4CEE3#C7CFE0#CAD0DD#CDD1DA#D1D3D7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EADCBE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.61:1 Fails
Against black text13.01:1 AAA

Best text color on #BECCEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BECCEA

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BECCEA: ·

How #BECCEA looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #C4C4E3Deuteranopia · #C3C2E1Tritanopia · #BFDDDC

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BECCEA rather than the exact color:

Burning Meadow
#A98727 · #DAAA5C · #5073D7 · #C0CDEC
Palette 3d3b40
#3D3B40 · #525CEB · #BFCFE7 · #F8EDFF
Palette Fff2e0
#FFF2E0 · #C0C9EE · #A2AADB · #898AC4
Palette F6e5f5
#F6E5F5 · #FBF4F9 · #F6E7E6 · #B9CCED
Frozen Ruby Aurora
#1A4D4B · #1B728D · #36BBE3 · #C0D3EA
Serene Lagoon
#245EB1 · #D94582 · #72D52E · #C0D3EB

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#C0CDEC#BFCFE7#C0C9EE#B9CCED#C0D3EA#C0D3EB#BCC8F1#C3C9E4#C4CDF0#C1C4EC#B8CCF1#B5C8E9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BECCE9  ·  #BECCEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BECCEA?

#BECCEA is Pale Muted Blue, a blue color (RGB 190, 204, 234). Its closest standard named color is LightBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BECCEA?

#BECCEA is RGB 190, 204, 234 — HSL 221°, 51%, 83% — CMYK 19%, 13%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #BECCEA?

Its complement is #EADCBE; analogous partners are #BEE2EA and #C6BEEA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BECCEA for text?

Black text on #BECCEA has a contrast ratio of 13.01:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.61:1.