#BEC5DD#BEC5DD

#BEC5DD is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.034 H 272.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5DD
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 221)
HSL	hsl(226, 31%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(226, 14%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, 2.38, -12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 12.96, 280.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% 0.0016 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.034 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.2497, 56.0994, 76.3627)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5DD #DDD6BE

analogous

#BED4DD #BEC5DD #C6BEDD

triadic

#BEC5DD #DDBEC5 #C5DDBE

tetradic

#BEC5DD #DDBED4 #DDD6BE #BEDDC6

square

#BEC5DD #DDBED4 #DDD6BE #BEDDC6

split-complementary

#BEC5DD #DDC6BE #D4DDBE

monochromatic

#6E7DB3 #96A1C8 #BEC5DD #E6E9F2 #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BEC5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#BEC5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5DD

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5DD	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.034 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6e7',
    500: '#bec5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5dd;
$custom-light: #d1d6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.452,
    "s": 31.313,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82557,
    "c": 0.03448,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5DD

secondary

#B5AB8B

accent

#913BAA

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5DD

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

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