#BEC4BA#BEC4BA

#BEC4BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.015 H 132.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC4BA
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 186)
HSL	hsl(96, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(96, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 5.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -3.91, 4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 5.81, 132.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0103 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.015 132.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.8366, 53.9721, 54.2370)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC4BA #C0BAC4

analogous

#C3C4BA #BEC4BA #BAC4BB

triadic

#BEC4BA #BABEC4 #C4BABE

tetradic

#BEC4BA #BAC3C4 #C0BAC4 #C4BBBA

square

#BEC4BA #BAC3C4 #C0BAC4 #C4BBBA

split-complementary

#BEC4BA #BBBAC4 #C4BAC3

monochromatic

#808C78 #9FA899 #BEC4BA #DDE0DB #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BEC4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#BEC4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC4BA

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC4BA	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.015 132.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5ce',
    500: '#bec4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec4ba;
$custom-light: #d1d5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 7.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81275,
    "c": 0.01528,
    "h": 132.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC4BA

secondary

#928B97

accent

#549279

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC4BA

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

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