#BEC4D8#BEC4D8

#BEC4D8 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.029 H 272.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC4D8
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 216)
HSL	hsl(226, 25%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(226, 12%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 9.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, 1.88, -10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 10.83, 279.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% 0.0012 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.029 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3671, 55.3843, 72.8311)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC4D8 #D8D2BE

analogous

#BED1D8 #BEC4D8 #C5BED8

triadic

#BEC4D8 #D8BEC4 #C4D8BE

tetradic

#BEC4D8 #D8BED1 #D8D2BE #BED8C5

square

#BEC4D8 #D8BED1 #D8D2BE #BED8C5

split-complementary

#BEC4D8 #D8C5BE #D1D8BE

monochromatic

#727FAA #98A1C1 #BEC4D8 #E4E7EF #ECEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BEC4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#BEC4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC4D8

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC4D8	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC3D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.029 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5e4',
    500: '#bec4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec4d8;
$custom-light: #d1d5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82187,
    "c": 0.02877,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC4D8

secondary

#AEA68C

accent

#8D42A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC4D8

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

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