#BEC5CD#BEC5CD

#BEC5CD is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.014 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5CD
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(212, 13%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(212, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -0.86, -4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 4.90, 259.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0043 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.014 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2187, 55.2870, 65.6662)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5CD #CDC6BE

analogous

#BECCCD #BEC5CD #BFBECD

triadic

#BEC5CD #CDBEC5 #C5CDBE

tetradic

#BEC5CD #CDBECC #CDC6BE #BECDBF

square

#BEC5CD #CDBECC #CDC6BE #BECDBF

split-complementary

#BEC5CD #CDBFBE #CCCDBE

monochromatic

#798798 #9BA6B2 #BEC5CD #E1E4E8 #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BEC5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#BEC5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5CD

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5CD	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.014 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6dc',
    500: '#bec5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5cd;
$custom-light: #d1d6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82039,
    "c": 0.01363,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5CD

secondary

#A1988E

accent

#754E97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5CD

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

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