#BEC4E8#BEC4E8

#BEC4E8 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.051 H 277.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC4E8
RGB	rgb(190, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(231, 48%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(231, 18%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, 5.26, -18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 19.25, 285.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% 0.0069 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.051 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.5372, 56.2523, 84.2601)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC4E8 #E8E2BE

analogous

#BED9E8 #BEC4E8 #CDBEE8

triadic

#BEC4E8 #E8BEC4 #C4E8BE

tetradic

#BEC4E8 #E8BED9 #E8E2BE #BEE8CD

square

#BEC4E8 #E8BED9 #E8E2BE #BEE8CD

split-complementary

#BEC4E8 #E8CDBE #D9E8BE

monochromatic

#6472C8 #919BD8 #BEC4E8 #E8EAF7 #E8EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BEC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#BEC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC4E8

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC4E8	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.051 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d5ef',
    500: '#bec4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec4e8;
$custom-light: #d2d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 47.727,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82739,
    "c": 0.05085,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC4E8

secondary

#C3BB87

accent

#A62BBB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC4E8

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

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