#BEC4CD#BEC4CD

#BEC4CD is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.014 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC4CD
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 205)
HSL	hsl(216, 13%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -0.33, -5.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 5.22, 266.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0029 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.014 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9923, 54.8344, 65.5907)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC4CD #CDC7BE

analogous

#BECBCD #BEC4CD #C0BECD

triadic

#BEC4CD #CDBEC4 #C4CDBE

tetradic

#BEC4CD #CDBECB #CDC7BE #BECDC0

square

#BEC4CD #CDBECB #CDC7BE #BECDC0

split-complementary

#BEC4CD #CDC0BE #CBCDBE

monochromatic

#798598 #9BA5B2 #BEC4CD #E1E3E8 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BEC4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#BEC4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC4CD

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC4CD	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.014 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5dc',
    500: '#bec4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec4cd;
$custom-light: #d1d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81834,
    "c": 0.01424,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC4CD

secondary

#A1998E

accent

#7A4E97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC4CD

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

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