#BEC5BC#BEC5BC

#BEC5BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.015 H 138.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5BC
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 188)
HSL	hsl(107, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(107, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -4.07, 3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 5.48, 137.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.011 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.015 138.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.2770, 54.5103, 55.4400)
Luminance	0.5451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5BC #C3BCC5

analogous

#C2C5BC #BEC5BC #BCC5BE

triadic

#BEC5BC #BCBEC5 #C5BCBE

tetradic

#BEC5BC #BCC2C5 #C3BCC5 #C5BEBC

square

#BEC5BC #BCC2C5 #C3BCC5 #C5BEBC

split-complementary

#BEC5BC #BEBCC5 #C5BCC2

monochromatic

#7E8C7A #9EA99B #BEC5BC #DEE1DD #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BEC5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#BEC5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5BC

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5BC	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.015 138.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6d0',
    500: '#bec5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5bc;
$custom-light: #d1d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 106.667,
    "s": 7.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81538,
    "c": 0.0146,
    "h": 138.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5BC

secondary

#968D98

accent

#549184

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5BC

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

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