#BEC3CE#BEC3CE

#BEC3CE is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.016 H 266.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC3CE
RGB	rgb(190, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(221, 14%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(221, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, 0.40, -6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 6.11, 273.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0011 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.016 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8886, 54.4332, 66.1535)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC3CE #CEC9BE

analogous

#BECBCE #BEC3CE #C1BECE

triadic

#BEC3CE #CEBEC3 #C3CEBE

tetradic

#BEC3CE #CEBECB #CEC9BE #BECEC1

square

#BEC3CE #CEBECB #CEC9BE #BECEC1

split-complementary

#BEC3CE #CEC1BE #CBCEBE

monochromatic

#788399 #9BA3B4 #BEC3CE #E1E3E8 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BEC3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#BEC3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC3CE

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC3CE	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.016 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5dd',
    500: '#bec3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec3ce;
$custom-light: #d1d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 14.035,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81661,
    "c": 0.01636,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC3CE

secondary

#A29C8E

accent

#814D98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC3CE

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

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