#BEC5CB#BEC5CB

#BEC5CB is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.011 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5CB
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 203)
HSL	hsl(208, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(208, 6%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -1.25, -3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 4.03, 251.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0051 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.011 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.9788, 55.1910, 64.4028)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5CB #CBC4BE

analogous

#BECBCB #BEC5CB #BEBFCB

triadic

#BEC5CB #CBBEC5 #C5CBBE

tetradic

#BEC5CB #CBBECB #CBC4BE #BFCBBE

square

#BEC5CB #CBBECB #CBC4BE #BFCBBE

split-complementary

#BEC5CB #CBBEBF #CBCBBE

monochromatic

#7A8895 #9CA7B0 #BEC5CB #E0E3E6 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BEC5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#BEC5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5CB

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5CB	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.011 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6da',
    500: '#bec5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5cb;
$custom-light: #d1d6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81977,
    "c": 0.01144,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5CB

secondary

#9F968E

accent

#705095

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5CB

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

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