#BEC5EA#BEC5EA

#BEC5EA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.052 H 276.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5EA
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(230, 51%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(230, 19%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, 5.16, -19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 19.79, 285.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% 0.0062 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.052 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.0492, 56.8192, 85.8402)
Luminance	0.5682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5EA #EAE3BE

analogous

#BEDBEA #BEC5EA #CDBEEA

triadic

#BEC5EA #EABEC5 #C5EABE

tetradic

#BEC5EA #EABEDB #EAE3BE #BEEACD

square

#BEC5EA #EABEDB #EAE3BE #BEEACD

split-complementary

#BEC5EA #EACDBE #DBEABE

monochromatic

#6172CC #909CDB #BEC5EA #E8EAF8 #E8EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BEC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#BEC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5EA

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5EA	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.052 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d6f0',
    500: '#bec5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5ea;
$custom-light: #d2d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.455,
    "s": 51.163,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8301,
    "c": 0.05239,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5EA

secondary

#C6BC86

accent

#A627BF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5EA

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

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