#BEC4E5#BEC4E5

#BEC4E5 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.047 H 277.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC4E5
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(231, 43%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(231, 17%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, 4.61, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 17.67, 285.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% 0.0059 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.047 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.1147, 56.0833, 82.0350)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC4E5 #E5DFBE

analogous

#BED8E5 #BEC4E5 #CCBEE5

triadic

#BEC4E5 #E5BEC4 #C4E5BE

tetradic

#BEC4E5 #E5BED8 #E5DFBE #BEE5CC

square

#BEC4E5 #E5BED8 #E5DFBE #BEE5CC

split-complementary

#BEC4E5 #E5CCBE #D8E5BE

monochromatic

#6775C2 #929CD4 #BEC4E5 #E9EBF6 #E9EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BEC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#BEC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC4E5

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC4E5	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.047 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d5ed',
    500: '#bec4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec4e5;
$custom-light: #d2d5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82632,
    "c": 0.04669,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC4E5

secondary

#BFB788

accent

#A130B6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC4E5

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

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