#BEC5BF#BEC5BF

#BEC5BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.011 H 149.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5BF
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 191)
HSL	hsl(129, 6%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(129, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -3.52, 2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 4.14, 148.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0098 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.011 149.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6037, 54.6410, 57.1609)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5BF #C5BEC4

analogous

#C0C5BE #BEC5BF #BEC5C2

triadic

#BEC5BF #BFBEC5 #C5BFBE

tetradic

#BEC5BF #BEC0C5 #C5BEC4 #C5C2BE

square

#BEC5BF #BEC0C5 #C5BEC4 #C5C2BE

split-complementary

#BEC5BF #C2BEC5 #C5BEC0

monochromatic

#7D8B7F #9EA89F #BEC5BF #DEE2DF #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BEC5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#BEC5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5BF

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5BF	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.011 149.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6d2',
    500: '#bec5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5bf;
$custom-light: #d1d6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.571,
    "s": 5.691,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81623,
    "c": 0.0113,
    "h": 149.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5BF

secondary

#988F97

accent

#568790

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5BF

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

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