#BEC5BA#BEC5BA

#BEC5BA is a light, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.017 H 133.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5BA
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 186)
HSL	hsl(98, 9%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(98, 6%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 5.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -4.43, 4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 6.44, 133.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0118 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.017 133.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.0629, 54.4247, 54.3124)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5BA #C1BAC5

analogous

#C3C5BA #BEC5BA #BAC5BC

triadic

#BEC5BA #BABEC5 #C5BABE

tetradic

#BEC5BA #BAC3C5 #C1BAC5 #C5BCBA

square

#BEC5BA #BAC3C5 #C1BAC5 #C5BCBA

split-complementary

#BEC5BA #BCBAC5 #C5BAC3

monochromatic

#7F8D77 #9FA999 #BEC5BA #DDE1DB #EFF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BEC5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#BEC5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5BA

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5BA	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.017 133.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6ce',
    500: '#bec5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5ba;
$custom-light: #d1d6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.182,
    "s": 8.661,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81482,
    "c": 0.01699,
    "h": 133.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5BA

secondary

#938B98

accent

#53937B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5BA

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

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