#BEC5E2#BEC5E2

#BEC5E2 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.041 H 274.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5E2
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 226)
HSL	hsl(228, 38%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(228, 16%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 12.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, 3.44, -15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 15.58, 282.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% 0.0034 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.041 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.9257, 56.3698, 79.9235)
Luminance	0.5637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5E2 #E2DBBE

analogous

#BED7E2 #BEC5E2 #C9BEE2

triadic

#BEC5E2 #E2BEC5 #C5E2BE

tetradic

#BEC5E2 #E2BED7 #E2DBBE #BEE2C9

square

#BEC5E2 #E2BED7 #E2DBBE #BEE2C9

split-complementary

#BEC5E2 #E2C9BE #D7E2BE

monochromatic

#6979BC #949FCF #BEC5E2 #E8EBF5 #EAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BEC5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#BEC5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5E2

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5E2	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.041 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6eb',
    500: '#bec5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5e2;
$custom-light: #d1d6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.333,
    "s": 38.298,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82728,
    "c": 0.04133,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5E2

secondary

#BBB189

accent

#9934B1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5E2

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

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