#BEC3BD#BEC3BD

#BEC3BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.010 H 140.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC3BD
RGB	rgb(190, 195, 189)
HSL	hsl(110, 5%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(110, 3%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -2.83, 2.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 3.72, 139.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0077 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.01 140.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9340, 53.6514, 55.8593)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC3BD #C2BDC3

analogous

#C1C3BD #BEC3BD #BDC3BF

triadic

#BEC3BD #BDBEC3 #C3BDBE

tetradic

#BEC3BD #BDC1C3 #C2BDC3 #C3BFBD

square

#BEC3BD #BDC1C3 #C2BDC3 #C3BFBD

split-complementary

#BEC3BD #BFBDC3 #C3BDC1

monochromatic

#7F897D #9EA69D #BEC3BD #DEE0DD #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BEC3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#BEC3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC3BD

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC3BD	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 195, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.010 140.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5d0',
    500: '#bec3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec3bd;
$custom-light: #d1d5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81152,
    "c": 0.00994,
    "h": 140.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC3BD

secondary

#958E96

accent

#578F85

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC3BD

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

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