#BEC5EC#BEC5EC

#BEC5EC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.055 H 277.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5EC
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(231, 55%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(231, 19%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, 5.60, -20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 20.85, 285.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% 0.0069 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.055 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3381, 56.9348, 87.3619)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5EC #ECE5BE

analogous

#BEDCEC #BEC5EC #CEBEEC

triadic

#BEC5EC #ECBEC5 #C5ECBE

tetradic

#BEC5EC #ECBEDC #ECE5BE #BEECCE

square

#BEC5EC #ECBEDC #ECE5BE #BEECCE

split-complementary

#BEC5EC #ECCEBE #DCECBE

monochromatic

#5F70D0 #8F9BDE #BEC5EC #E7EAF8 #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BEC5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#BEC5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5EC

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5EC	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.055 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d6f2',
    500: '#bec5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5ec;
$custom-light: #d2d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.87,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83083,
    "c": 0.05516,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5EC

secondary

#C9BF85

accent

#AA23C2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5EC

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

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