#BEC5DA#BEC5DA

#BEC5DA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.030 H 271.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5DA
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 218)
HSL	hsl(225, 27%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(225, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, 1.76, -11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 11.40, 278.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% 0.0006 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.03 271)
XYZ	xyz(53.8535, 55.9409, 74.2765)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5DA #DAD3BE

analogous

#BED3DA #BEC5DA #C5BEDA

triadic

#BEC5DA #DABEC5 #C5DABE

tetradic

#BEC5DA #DABED3 #DAD3BE #BEDAC5

square

#BEC5DA #DABED3 #DAD3BE #BEDAC5

split-complementary

#BEC5DA #DAC5BE #D3DABE

monochromatic

#707FAE #97A2C4 #BEC5DA #E5E8F0 #EBEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BEC5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#BEC5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5DA

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5DA	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.030 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6e5',
    500: '#bec5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5da;
$custom-light: #d1d6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 27.451,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82456,
    "c": 0.03039,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.55942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5DA

secondary

#B1A78B

accent

#8C3FA6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5DA

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

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