#BEC4BD#BEC4BD

#BEC4BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.012 H 141.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC4BD
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 189)
HSL	hsl(111, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(111, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -3.36, 2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 4.37, 140.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0091 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.012 141.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.1588, 54.1010, 55.9343)
Luminance	0.5410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC4BD #C3BDC4

analogous

#C1C4BD #BEC4BD #BDC4BF

triadic

#BEC4BD #BDBEC4 #C4BDBE

tetradic

#BEC4BD #BDC1C4 #C3BDC4 #C4BFBD

square

#BEC4BD #BDC1C4 #C3BDC4 #C4BFBD

split-complementary

#BEC4BD #BFBDC4 #C4BDC1

monochromatic

#7E8A7C #9EA79D #BEC4BD #DEE1DD #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BEC4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#BEC4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC4BD

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC4BD	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.012 141.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5d0',
    500: '#bec4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec4bd;
$custom-light: #d1d5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 111.429,
    "s": 5.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81359,
    "c": 0.01169,
    "h": 141.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC4BD

secondary

#968E97

accent

#568F87

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC4BD

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

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