#BEC5C8#BEC5C8

#BEC5C8 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.009 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5C8
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 8%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(198, 5%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 1.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -1.83, -2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 2.97, 231.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0062 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.009 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.6247, 55.0494, 62.5382)
Luminance	0.5505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5C8 #C8C1BE

analogous

#BEC8C6 #BEC5C8 #BEC0C8

triadic

#BEC5C8 #C8BEC5 #C5C8BE

tetradic

#BEC5C8 #C6BEC8 #C8C1BE #C0C8BE

square

#BEC5C8 #C6BEC8 #C8C1BE #C0C8BE

split-complementary

#BEC5C8 #C8BEC0 #C8C6BE

monochromatic

#7C8A90 #9DA7AC #BEC5C8 #DFE3E4 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BEC5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#BEC5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5C8

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5C8	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.009 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6d8',
    500: '#bec5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5c8;
$custom-light: #d1d6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81886,
    "c": 0.00882,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5C8

secondary

#9B938F

accent

#665392

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5C8

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

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