#BEC8C4#BEC8C4

#BEC8C4 is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.012 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC8C4
RGB	rgb(190, 200, 196)
HSL	hsl(156, 8%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(156, 5%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 2%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -4.17, 0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 4.25, 168.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0121 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.012 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8514, 56.2408, 60.3377)
Luminance	0.5624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC8C4 #C8BEC2

analogous

#BEC8BF #BEC8C4 #BEC7C8

triadic

#BEC8C4 #C4BEC8 #C8C4BE

tetradic

#BEC8C4 #BFBEC8 #C8BEC2 #C7C8BE

square

#BEC8C4 #BFBEC8 #C8BEC2 #C7C8BE

split-complementary

#BEC8C4 #C8BEC7 #C8BFBE

monochromatic

#7C9088 #9DACA6 #BEC8C4 #DFE4E2 #EEF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BEC8C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#BEC8C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC8C4

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC8C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC8C4	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C5C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec8c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 200, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.012 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8d5',
    500: '#bec8c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec8c4;
$custom-light: #d1d8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec8c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82388,
    "c": 0.01227,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC8C4

secondary

#9B8F94

accent

#536C92

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC8C4

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

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