#BEC2CD#BEC2CD

#BEC2CD is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.016 H 270.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC2CD
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 205)
HSL	hsl(224, 13%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(224, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 5.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, 0.73, -5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 6.02, 276.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% 0 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.016 270)
XYZ	xyz(51.5442, 53.9381, 65.4413)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC2CD #CDC9BE

analogous

#BEC9CD #BEC2CD #C2BECD

triadic

#BEC2CD #CDBEC2 #C2CDBE

tetradic

#BEC2CD #CDBEC9 #CDC9BE #BECDC2

square

#BEC2CD #CDBEC9 #CDC9BE #BECDC2

split-complementary

#BEC2CD #CDC2BE #C9CDBE

monochromatic

#798198 #9BA2B2 #BEC2CD #E1E2E8 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BEC2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#BEC2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC2CD

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC2CD	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.016 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d4dc',
    500: '#bec2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec2cd;
$custom-light: #d1d4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81426,
    "c": 0.01601,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.53939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC2CD

secondary

#A19C8E

accent

#844E97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC2CD

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

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