#BEC2B8#BEC2B8

#BEC2B8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.014 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC2B8
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 184)
HSL	hsl(84, 8%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(84, 5%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 5.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -3.21, 4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 5.56, 125.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0082 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.014 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1773, 52.9914, 52.9757)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC2B8 #BCB8C2

analogous

#C2C1B8 #BEC2B8 #B9C2B8

triadic

#BEC2B8 #B8BEC2 #C2B8BE

tetradic

#BEC2B8 #B8C2C1 #BCB8C2 #C2B8B9

square

#BEC2B8 #B8C2C1 #BCB8C2 #C2B8B9

split-complementary

#BEC2B8 #B8B9C2 #C1B8C2

monochromatic

#828976 #A0A697 #BEC2B8 #DCDED9 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BEC2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#BEC2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC2B8

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC2B8	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C0B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.014 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d4cd',
    500: '#bec2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec2b8;
$custom-light: #d1d4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 7.576,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80805,
    "c": 0.01448,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC2B8

secondary

#8E8995

accent

#54926D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC2B8

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

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