#BEC2B9#BEC2B9

#BEC2B9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.013 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC2B9
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 185)
HSL	hsl(87, 7%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(87, 5%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 4.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -3.03, 4.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 5.05, 126.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0078 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.013 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2825, 53.0335, 53.5297)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC2B9 #BDB9C2

analogous

#C2C2B9 #BEC2B9 #BAC2B9

triadic

#BEC2B9 #B9BEC2 #C2B9BE

tetradic

#BEC2B9 #B9C2C2 #BDB9C2 #C2B9BA

square

#BEC2B9 #B9C2C2 #BDB9C2 #C2B9BA

split-complementary

#BEC2B9 #B9BAC2 #C2B9C2

monochromatic

#818978 #A0A698 #BEC2B9 #DCDEDA #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BEC2B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#BEC2B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC2B9

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC2B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC2B9	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C0B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec2b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.013 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d4ce',
    500: '#bec2b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec2b9;
$custom-light: #d1d4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec2b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.667,
    "s": 6.87,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80832,
    "c": 0.01317,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC2B9

secondary

#8F8A95

accent

#55916F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC2B9

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

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