#BEC5DE#BEC5DE

#BEC5DE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.036 H 273.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5DE
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 222)
HSL	hsl(227, 33%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(227, 14%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, 2.59, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 13.49, 281.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% 0.002 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.036 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.3833, 56.1528, 77.0665)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5DE #DED7BE

analogous

#BED5DE #BEC5DE #C7BEDE

triadic

#BEC5DE #DEBEC5 #C5DEBE

tetradic

#BEC5DE #DEBED5 #DED7BE #BEDEC7

square

#BEC5DE #DEBED5 #DED7BE #BEDEC7

split-complementary

#BEC5DE #DEC7BE #D5DEBE

monochromatic

#6D7DB5 #95A1C9 #BEC5DE #E7E9F3 #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BEC5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#BEC5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5DE

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5DE	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.036 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6e8',
    500: '#bec5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5de;
$custom-light: #d1d6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.875,
    "s": 32.653,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82591,
    "c": 0.03585,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5DE

secondary

#B6AC8A

accent

#933AAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5DE

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

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