#BEC5BB#BEC5BB

#BEC5BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.016 H 136.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5BB
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 187)
HSL	hsl(102, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(102, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -4.25, 4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 5.96, 135.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0114 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.016 136.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1696, 54.4674, 54.8743)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5BB #C2BBC5

analogous

#C3C5BB #BEC5BB #BBC5BD

triadic

#BEC5BB #BBBEC5 #C5BBBE

tetradic

#BEC5BB #BBC3C5 #C2BBC5 #C5BDBB

square

#BEC5BB #BBC3C5 #C2BBC5 #C5BDBB

split-complementary

#BEC5BB #BDBBC5 #C5BBC3

monochromatic

#7F8D79 #9EA99A #BEC5BB #DEE1DC #EFF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BEC5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#BEC5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5BB

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5BB	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)

#C6C3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.016 136.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6cf',
    500: '#bec5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5bb;
$custom-light: #d1d6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 102,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8151,
    "c": 0.01578,
    "h": 136.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5BB

secondary

#958C98

accent

#54927F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5BB

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

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