#BEC1CD#BEC1CD

#BEC1CD is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.017 H 274.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC1CD
RGB	rgb(190, 193, 205)
HSL	hsl(228, 13%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(228, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 5.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, 1.27, -6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 6.49, 281.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% 0.0014 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.017 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3224, 53.4945, 65.3674)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC1CD #CDCABE

analogous

#BEC8CD #BEC1CD #C3BECD

triadic

#BEC1CD #CDBEC1 #C1CDBE

tetradic

#BEC1CD #CDBEC8 #CDCABE #BECDC3

square

#BEC1CD #CDBEC8 #CDCABE #BECDC3

split-complementary

#BEC1CD #CDC3BE #C8CDBE

monochromatic

#797F98 #9BA0B2 #BEC1CD #E1E2E8 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BEC1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#BEC1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC1CD

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC1CD	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 193, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.017 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d3dc',
    500: '#bec1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec1cd;
$custom-light: #d1d3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81222,
    "c": 0.0171,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC1CD

secondary

#A19D8E

accent

#894E97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC1CD

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

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