#BEC4E7#BEC4E7

#BEC4E7 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.049 H 277.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC4E7
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(231, 46%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(231, 18%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, 5.04, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 18.72, 285.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% 0.0065 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.049 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.3955, 56.1956, 83.5141)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC4E7 #E7E1BE

analogous

#BED8E7 #BEC4E7 #CDBEE7

triadic

#BEC4E7 #E7BEC4 #C4E7BE

tetradic

#BEC4E7 #E7BED8 #E7E1BE #BEE7CD

square

#BEC4E7 #E7BED8 #E7E1BE #BEE7CD

split-complementary

#BEC4E7 #E7CDBE #D8E7BE

monochromatic

#6573C6 #919BD6 #BEC4E7 #E9EBF7 #E9EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BEC4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#BEC4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC4E7

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC4E7	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.049 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d5ee',
    500: '#bec4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec4e7;
$custom-light: #d2d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.22,
    "s": 46.067,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82703,
    "c": 0.04946,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC4E7

secondary

#C2B987

accent

#A52CB9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC4E7

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

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