#BEC5BD#BEC5BD

#BEC5BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.013 H 141.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5BD
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 189)
HSL	hsl(113, 6%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(113, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -3.89, 3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 5.02, 140.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.0106 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.013 141.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3852, 54.5536, 56.0097)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5BD #C4BDC5

analogous

#C2C5BD #BEC5BD #BDC5C0

triadic

#BEC5BD #BDBEC5 #C5BDBE

tetradic

#BEC5BD #BDC2C5 #C4BDC5 #C5C0BD

square

#BEC5BD #BDC2C5 #C4BDC5 #C5C0BD

split-complementary

#BEC5BD #C0BDC5 #C5BDC2

monochromatic

#7E8C7C #9EA89C #BEC5BD #DEE2DE #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BEC5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#BEC5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5BD

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5BD	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.013 141.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6d0',
    500: '#bec5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5bd;
$custom-light: #d1d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 112.5,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81566,
    "c": 0.01345,
    "h": 141.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5BD

secondary

#978E98

accent

#559089

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5BD

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

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