#BEC5CE#BEC5CE

#BEC5CE is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.015 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5CE
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(214, 14%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(214, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -0.66, -5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 5.37, 262.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0039 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.015 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.3397, 55.3354, 66.3039)
Luminance	0.5534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5CE #CEC7BE

analogous

#BECDCE #BEC5CE #BFBECE

triadic

#BEC5CE #CEBEC5 #C5CEBE

tetradic

#BEC5CE #CEBECD #CEC7BE #BECEBF

square

#BEC5CE #CEBECD #CEC7BE #BECEBF

split-complementary

#BEC5CE #CEBFBE #CDCEBE

monochromatic

#788799 #9BA6B4 #BEC5CE #E1E4E8 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BEC5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#BEC5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5CE

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5CE	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.015 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6dd',
    500: '#bec5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5ce;
$custom-light: #d1d6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 14.035,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8207,
    "c": 0.0148,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5CE

secondary

#A2998E

accent

#774D98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5CE

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

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