#BEC5CA#BEC5CA

#BEC5CA is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.010 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5CA
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 202)
HSL	hsl(205, 10%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(205, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -1.45, -3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 3.63, 246.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0055 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.01 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8600, 55.1435, 63.7773)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5CA #CAC3BE

analogous

#BECAC9 #BEC5CA #BEBFCA

triadic

#BEC5CA #CABEC5 #C5CABE

tetradic

#BEC5CA #C9BECA #CAC3BE #BFCABE

square

#BEC5CA #C9BECA #CAC3BE #BFCABE

split-complementary

#BEC5CA #CABEBF #CAC9BE

monochromatic

#7B8993 #9CA7AF #BEC5CA #E0E3E5 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BEC5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#BEC5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5CA

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5CA	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.010 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6da',
    500: '#bec5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5ca;
$custom-light: #d1d6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 10.169,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81947,
    "c": 0.01046,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5CA

secondary

#9E958F

accent

#6D5194

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5CA

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

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