#BEC5DF#BEC5DF

#BEC5DF is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.037 H 273.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5DF
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 223)
HSL	hsl(227, 34%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(227, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, 2.80, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 14.01, 281.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% 0.0024 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.037 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.5177, 56.2066, 77.7744)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5DF #DFD8BE

analogous

#BED5DF #BEC5DF #C7BEDF

triadic

#BEC5DF #DFBEC5 #C5DFBE

tetradic

#BEC5DF #DFBED5 #DFD8BE #BEDFC7

square

#BEC5DF #DFBED5 #DFD8BE #BEDFC7

split-complementary

#BEC5DF #DFC7BE #D5DFBE

monochromatic

#6C7CB7 #95A0CB #BEC5DF #E7EAF3 #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BEC5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#BEC5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5DF

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5DF	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.037 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6e9',
    500: '#bec5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5df;
$custom-light: #d1d6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.273,
    "s": 34.021,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82625,
    "c": 0.03721,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5DF

secondary

#B7AE8A

accent

#9439AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5DF

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

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