#BEC1CE#BEC1CE

#BEC1CE is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.018 H 275.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC1CE
RGB	rgb(190, 193, 206)
HSL	hsl(229, 14%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(229, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, 1.46, -6.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 7.02, 282.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% 0.0018 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.018 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.4435, 53.5430, 66.0052)
Luminance	0.5354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC1CE #CECBBE

analogous

#BEC9CE #BEC1CE #C3BECE

triadic

#BEC1CE #CEBEC1 #C1CEBE

tetradic

#BEC1CE #CEBEC9 #CECBBE #BECEC3

square

#BEC1CE #CEBEC9 #CECBBE #BECEC3

split-complementary

#BEC1CE #CEC3BE #C9CEBE

monochromatic

#787E99 #9BA0B4 #BEC1CE #E1E2E8 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BEC1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#BEC1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC1CE

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC1CE	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 193, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.018 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d3dd',
    500: '#bec1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec1ce;
$custom-light: #d1d3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 14.035,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81254,
    "c": 0.01848,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC1CE

secondary

#A29E8E

accent

#8A4D98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC1CE

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

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