#BEC4BE#BEC4BE

#BEC4BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.011 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC4BE
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 190)
HSL	hsl(120, 5%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -3.18, 2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 3.92, 144.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.0087 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.011 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2678, 54.1445, 56.5079)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC4BE #C4BEC4

analogous

#C1C4BE #BEC4BE #BEC4C1

triadic

#BEC4BE #BEBEC4 #C4BEBE

tetradic

#BEC4BE #BEC1C4 #C4BEC4 #C4C1BE

square

#BEC4BE #BEC1C4 #C4BEC4 #C4C1BE

split-complementary

#BEC4BE #C1BEC4 #C4BEC1

monochromatic

#7E8A7E #9EA79E #BEC4BE #DEE1DE #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BEC4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#BEC4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC4BE

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC4BE	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.011 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5d1',
    500: '#bec4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec4be;
$custom-light: #d1d5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 4.839,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81387,
    "c": 0.01058,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC4BE

secondary

#978F97

accent

#578F8F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC4BE

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

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