#BEC3CD#BEC3CD

#BEC3CD is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.015 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC3CD
RGB	rgb(190, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(220, 13%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(220, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, 0.20, -5.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 5.60, 272.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0014 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.015 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7675, 54.3848, 65.5158)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC3CD #CDC8BE

analogous

#BECACD #BEC3CD #C1BECD

triadic

#BEC3CD #CDBEC3 #C3CDBE

tetradic

#BEC3CD #CDBECA #CDC8BE #BECDC1

square

#BEC3CD #CDBECA #CDC8BE #BECDC1

split-complementary

#BEC3CD #CDC1BE #CACDBE

monochromatic

#798398 #9BA3B2 #BEC3CD #E1E3E8 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BEC3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#BEC3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC3CD

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC3CD	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.015 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5dc',
    500: '#bec3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec3cd;
$custom-light: #d1d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8163,
    "c": 0.01505,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC3CD

secondary

#A19B8E

accent

#7F4E97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC3CD

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

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