#BEBEC9#BEBEC9

#BEBEC9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.015 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBEC9
RGB	rgb(190, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(240, 9%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(240, 5%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, 2.09, -5.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 5.90, 290.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% 0.0042 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.015 286)
XYZ	xyz(50.1893, 51.9909, 62.6382)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBEC9 #C9C9BE

analogous

#BEC4C9 #BEBEC9 #C4BEC9

triadic

#BEBEC9 #C9BEBE #BEC9BE

tetradic

#BEBEC9 #C9BEC4 #C9C9BE #BEC9C4

square

#BEBEC9 #C9BEC4 #C9C9BE #BEC9C4

split-complementary

#BEBEC9 #C9C4BE #C4C9BE

monochromatic

#7B7B91 #9D9DAD #BEBEC9 #DFDFE5 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BEBEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BEBEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBEC9

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBEC9	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.015 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1d9',
    500: '#bebec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebec9;
$custom-light: #d1d1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 9.244,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80486,
    "c": 0.01534,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.51991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBEC9

secondary

#9C9C8F

accent

#935293

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBEC9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →