#BEC3BE#BEC3BE

#BEC3BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.009 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC3BE
RGB	rgb(190, 195, 190)
HSL	hsl(120, 4%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -2.65, 1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 3.26, 144.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0073 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.009 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.0430, 53.6949, 56.4330)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC3BE #C3BEC3

analogous

#C0C3BE #BEC3BE #BEC3C0

triadic

#BEC3BE #BEBEC3 #C3BEBE

tetradic

#BEC3BE #BEC0C3 #C3BEC3 #C3C0BE

square

#BEC3BE #BEC0C3 #C3BEC3 #C3C0BE

split-complementary

#BEC3BE #C0BEC3 #C3BEC0

monochromatic

#7E887E #9EA69E #BEC3BE #DEE0DE #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BEC3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#BEC3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC3BE

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC3BE	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)

#C3C2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 195, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.009 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5d1',
    500: '#bec3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec3be;
$custom-light: #d1d5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8118,
    "c": 0.00883,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC3BE

secondary

#969096

accent

#588E8E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC3BE

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

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