#BEC2C8#BEC2C8

#BEC2C8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.010 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC2C8
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 200)
HSL	hsl(216, 8%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(216, 5%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 3%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -0.24, -3.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 3.49, 266.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0019 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.01 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.9503, 53.7006, 62.3134)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC2C8 #C8C4BE

analogous

#BEC7C8 #BEC2C8 #BFBEC8

triadic

#BEC2C8 #C8BEC2 #C2C8BE

tetradic

#BEC2C8 #C8BEC7 #C8C4BE #BEC8BF

square

#BEC2C8 #C8BEC7 #C8C4BE #BEC8BF

split-complementary

#BEC2C8 #C8BFBE #C7C8BE

monochromatic

#7C8490 #9DA3AC #BEC2C8 #DFE1E4 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BEC2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#BEC2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC2C8

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC2C8	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.010 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d4d8',
    500: '#bec2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec2c8;
$custom-light: #d1d4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81271,
    "c": 0.00951,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC2C8

secondary

#9B968F

accent

#795392

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC2C8

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

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