#BEC4CE#BEC4CE

#BEC4CE is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.015 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC4CE
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 206)
HSL	hsl(218, 14%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(218, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -0.13, -5.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 5.71, 268.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0025 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.015 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.1134, 54.8828, 66.2285)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC4CE #CEC8BE

analogous

#BECCCE #BEC4CE #C0BECE

triadic

#BEC4CE #CEBEC4 #C4CEBE

tetradic

#BEC4CE #CEBECC #CEC8BE #BECEC0

square

#BEC4CE #CEBECC #CEC8BE #BECEC0

split-complementary

#BEC4CE #CEC0BE #CCCEBE

monochromatic

#788599 #9BA4B4 #BEC4CE #E1E4E8 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BEC4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#BEC4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC4CE

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC4CE	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.015 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5dd',
    500: '#bec4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec4ce;
$custom-light: #d1d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 14.035,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81865,
    "c": 0.01549,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC4CE

secondary

#A29B8E

accent

#7C4D98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC4CE

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

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