#BEC5BE#BEC5BE

#BEC5BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.012 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5BE
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 190)
HSL	hsl(120, 6%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(120, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -3.71, 2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 4.57, 144.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0102 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.012 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4941, 54.5972, 56.5833)
Luminance	0.5460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5BE #C5BEC5

analogous

#C1C5BE #BEC5BE #BEC5C1

triadic

#BEC5BE #BEBEC5 #C5BEBE

tetradic

#BEC5BE #BEC1C5 #C5BEC5 #C5C1BE

square

#BEC5BE #BEC1C5 #C5BEC5 #C5C1BE

split-complementary

#BEC5BE #C1BEC5 #C5BEC1

monochromatic

#7D8B7D #9EA89E #BEC5BE #DEE2DE #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BEC5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#BEC5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5BE

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5BE	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.012 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6d1',
    500: '#bec5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5be;
$custom-light: #d1d6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 5.691,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81594,
    "c": 0.01235,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5BE

secondary

#988F98

accent

#569090

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5BE

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

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