#BEC5DC#BEC5DC

#BEC5DC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.033 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5DC
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(226, 30%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(226, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, 2.17, -12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 12.44, 280.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% 0.0013 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.033 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.1168, 56.0463, 75.6632)
Luminance	0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5DC #DCD5BE

analogous

#BED4DC #BEC5DC #C6BEDC

triadic

#BEC5DC #DCBEC5 #C5DCBE

tetradic

#BEC5DC #DCBED4 #DCD5BE #BEDCC6

square

#BEC5DC #DCBED4 #DCD5BE #BEDCC6

split-complementary

#BEC5DC #DCC6BE #D4DCBE

monochromatic

#6E7EB1 #96A2C7 #BEC5DC #E6E8F1 #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BEC5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#BEC5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5DC

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5DC	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.033 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6e6',
    500: '#bec5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5dc;
$custom-light: #d1d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82523,
    "c": 0.03311,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5DC

secondary

#B3AA8B

accent

#903DA9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5DC

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

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