#BEC4DD#BEC4DD

#BEC4DD is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.036 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC4DD
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 221)
HSL	hsl(228, 31%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(228, 14%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, 2.92, -13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 13.45, 282.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% 0.003 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.036 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.0233, 55.6468, 76.2873)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC4DD #DDD7BE

analogous

#BED3DD #BEC4DD #C7BEDD

triadic

#BEC4DD #DDBEC4 #C4DDBE

tetradic

#BEC4DD #DDBED3 #DDD7BE #BEDDC7

square

#BEC4DD #DDBED3 #DDD7BE #BEDDC7

split-complementary

#BEC4DD #DDC7BE #D3DDBE

monochromatic

#6E7BB3 #96A0C8 #BEC4DD #E6E8F2 #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BEC4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#BEC4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC4DD

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC4DD	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.036 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5e7',
    500: '#bec4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec4dd;
$custom-light: #d1d5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.387,
    "s": 31.313,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82355,
    "c": 0.03562,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC4DD

secondary

#B5AC8B

accent

#953BAA

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC4DD

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

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