#BEC6C4#BEC6C4

#BEC6C4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.009 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC6C4
RGB	rgb(190, 198, 196)
HSL	hsl(165, 7%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(165, 4%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -3.12, 0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 3.12, 179.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0092 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.009 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.3912, 55.3205, 60.1843)
Luminance	0.5532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC6C4 #C6BEC0

analogous

#BEC6C0 #BEC6C4 #BEC4C6

triadic

#BEC6C4 #C4BEC6 #C6C4BE

tetradic

#BEC6C4 #C0BEC6 #C6BEC0 #C4C6BE

square

#BEC6C4 #C0BEC6 #C6BEC0 #C4C6BE

split-complementary

#BEC6C4 #C6BEC4 #C6C0BE

monochromatic

#7D8D89 #9DA9A6 #BEC6C4 #DFE3E2 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BEC6C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#BEC6C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC6C4

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC6C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC6C4	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C4C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec6c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 198, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.009 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d7d5',
    500: '#bec6c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec6c4;
$custom-light: #d1d7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec6c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 6.557,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81974,
    "c": 0.00923,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC6C4

secondary

#998F92

accent

#556490

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC6C4

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

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