#BEC2CE#BEC2CE

#BEC2CE is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.017 H 271.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC2CE
RGB	rgb(190, 194, 206)
HSL	hsl(225, 14%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(225, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 5.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, 0.93, -6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 6.54, 278.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% 0.0004 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.017 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6653, 53.9866, 66.0791)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC2CE #CECABE

analogous

#BECACE #BEC2CE #C2BECE

triadic

#BEC2CE #CEBEC2 #C2CEBE

tetradic

#BEC2CE #CEBECA #CECABE #BECEC2

square

#BEC2CE #CEBECA #CECABE #BECEC2

split-complementary

#BEC2CE #CEC2BE #CACEBE

monochromatic

#788199 #9BA1B4 #BEC2CE #E1E3E8 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BEC2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#BEC2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC2CE

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC2CE	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 194, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.017 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d4dd',
    500: '#bec2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec2ce;
$custom-light: #d1d4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 14.035,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81457,
    "c": 0.01735,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC2CE

secondary

#A29D8E

accent

#854D98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC2CE

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

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