#BEC5C2#BEC5C2

#BEC5C2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.009 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5C2
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 194)
HSL	hsl(154, 6%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(154, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 1.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -2.97, 0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 3.04, 167.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0086 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.009 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9373, 54.7744, 58.9175)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5C2 #C5BEC1

analogous

#BEC5BE #BEC5C2 #BEC4C5

triadic

#BEC5C2 #C2BEC5 #C5C2BE

tetradic

#BEC5C2 #BEBEC5 #C5BEC1 #C4C5BE

square

#BEC5C2 #BEBEC5 #C5BEC1 #C4C5BE

split-complementary

#BEC5C2 #C5BEC4 #C5BEBE

monochromatic

#7D8B85 #9EA8A4 #BEC5C2 #DEE2E0 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BEC5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#BEC5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5C2

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5C2	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C4C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C3C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.009 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6d4',
    500: '#bec5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5c2;
$custom-light: #d1d6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 5.691,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81709,
    "c": 0.00875,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5C2

secondary

#988F93

accent

#566F90

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5C2

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

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