#BEC5EE#BEC5EE

#BEC5EE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.058 H 277.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC5EE
RGB	rgb(190, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(231, 59%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(231, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, 6.04, -21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 21.90, 286.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% 0.0075 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.058 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.6303, 57.0516, 88.9008)
Luminance	0.5705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC5EE #EEE7BE

analogous

#BEDDEE #BEC5EE #CFBEEE

triadic

#BEC5EE #EEBEC5 #C5EEBE

tetradic

#BEC5EE #EEBEDD #EEE7BE #BEEECF

square

#BEC5EE #EEBEDD #EEE7BE #BEEECF

split-complementary

#BEC5EE #EECFBE #DDEEBE

monochromatic

#5D6ED5 #8D9AE1 #BEC5EE #E7E9F9 #E7E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BEC5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#BEC5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC5EE

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC5EE	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.058 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d6f3',
    500: '#bec5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec5ee;
$custom-light: #d2d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.25,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83156,
    "c": 0.05793,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC5EE

secondary

#CCC184

accent

#AE1FC6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC5EE

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

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