#BEC6BE#BEC6BE

#BEC6BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.014 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC6BE
RGB	rgb(190, 198, 190)
HSL	hsl(120, 7%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(120, 4%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 4%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -4.23, 3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 5.22, 144.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0116 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.014 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.7219, 55.0528, 56.6593)
Luminance	0.5505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC6BE #C6BEC6

analogous

#C2C6BE #BEC6BE #BEC6C2

triadic

#BEC6BE #BEBEC6 #C6BEBE

tetradic

#BEC6BE #BEC2C6 #C6BEC6 #C6C2BE

square

#BEC6BE #BEC2C6 #C6BEC6 #C6C2BE

split-complementary

#BEC6BE #C2BEC6 #C6BEC2

monochromatic

#7D8D7D #9DA99D #BEC6BE #DFE3DF #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BEC6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#BEC6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC6BE

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC6BE	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 198, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.014 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d7d1',
    500: '#bec6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec6be;
$custom-light: #d1d7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 6.557,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81802,
    "c": 0.01409,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC6BE

secondary

#998F99

accent

#559090

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC6BE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →