What is hex #BECAE1 color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 75% red, 79% green and 88% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (190,202,225).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (16%, 10%, 0%, 12%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #BECAE1 features a hue of 219°, 16% saturation, and a brightness value of 88%.

Hex #BECAE1 Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #BECAE1
RGB Values (190,202,225)
CMYK Values (16%, 10%, 0%, 12%)
HSV/HSB Values (219°, 16%, 88%)
Closest Web Safe
#CCCCCC
Inverse Color
#41351E
Closest Pantone®
7450 C
Closest RAL
RAL 7047 [Telegrey 4]
Complementary Color
#E1D5BE

#BECAE1 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#CDCDCD
Lightness (Desaturation)
#CFCFCF
Weighted (BT601)
#C9C9C9
Luma (BT709)
#C9C9C9

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #BECAE1 complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #BECAE1

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #BECAE1.

Contrast Ratio: 1.65:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #BECAE1

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #BECAE1.

Contrast Ratio: 12.72:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #BECAE1 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #BECAE1 is #E1D5BE. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #BECAE1 you will find #E1D5BE. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#BECAE1 #E1D5BE

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #BECAE1 is composed with colors #BEDBE1 and #C3BEE1. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BECAE1 with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#BEDBE1 #BECAE1 #C3BEE1

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #BECAE1 is composed with colors #DBE1BE and #E1C3BE. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#BECAE1 #DBE1BE #E1C3BE

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #BECAE1 is composed with colors #CAE1BE and #E1BECA. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BECAE1 with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#BECAE1 #CAE1BE #E1BECA

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #BECAE1 is composed with colors #E1BECA, #E1D5BE and #BEE1D5 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#BECAE1 #E1BECA #E1D5BE #BEE1D5

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #BECAE1 is composed with colors #E1BEDB, #E1D5BE and #BEE1C3 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#BECAE1 #E1BEDB #E1D5BE #BEE1C3

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #BECAE1

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #BECAE1.

#BECAE1 #CBD5E7 #D9E0ED #E7ECF4 #F5F7FA #FFFFFF

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#BECAE1 #C2CBDC #C7CCD7 #CBCED3 #CFCFCF

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#BECAE1 #B0BEDA #A2B3D4 #94A7CD #869CC7 #7891C0 #6A85BA #5C7AB3

Hex #BECAE1 in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #BECAE1
Java new Color(190,202,225);
Python Color(#BECAE1)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 190,202,225);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.75, green: 0.79, blue: 0.88, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(190, 202, 225)