#BEC4E0#BEC4E0

#BEC4E0 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.040 H 275.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC4E0
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 224)
HSL	hsl(229, 35%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(229, 15%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 12.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, 3.55, -14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 15.03, 283.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% 0.0041 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.04 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.4266, 55.8081, 78.4111)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC4E0 #E0DABE

analogous

#BED5E0 #BEC4E0 #C9BEE0

triadic

#BEC4E0 #E0BEC4 #C4E0BE

tetradic

#BEC4E0 #E0BED5 #E0DABE #BEE0C9

square

#BEC4E0 #E0BED5 #E0DABE #BEE0C9

split-complementary

#BEC4E0 #E0C9BE #D5E0BE

monochromatic

#6B79B8 #959ECC #BEC4E0 #E7EAF4 #EAECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BEC4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#BEC4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC4E0

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC4E0	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC4DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.040 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5e9',
    500: '#bec4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec4e0;
$custom-light: #d1d5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 35.417,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82457,
    "c": 0.03976,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC4E0

secondary

#B8B08A

accent

#9937AE

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC4E0

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

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