#BEC2C5#BEC2C5

#BEC2C5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.006 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC2C5
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 197)
HSL	hsl(206, 6%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(206, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 1.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -0.81, -1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 2.15, 247.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0031 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.006 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6032, 53.5617, 60.4850)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC2C5 #C5C1BE

analogous

#BEC5C4 #BEC2C5 #BEBEC5

triadic

#BEC2C5 #C5BEC2 #C2C5BE

tetradic

#BEC2C5 #C4BEC5 #C5C1BE #BEC5BE

square

#BEC2C5 #C4BEC5 #C5C1BE #BEC5BE

split-complementary

#BEC2C5 #C5BEBE #C5C4BE

monochromatic

#7D858B #9EA4A8 #BEC2C5 #DEE0E2 #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BEC2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#BEC2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC2C5

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC2C5	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)

#C1C2C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.006 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d4d6',
    500: '#bec2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec2c5;
$custom-light: #d1d4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 5.691,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8118,
    "c": 0.00613,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC2C5

secondary

#98938F

accent

#6F5690

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC2C5

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

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