#BEC8DD#BEC8DD

#BEC8DD is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.031 H 265.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC8DD
RGB	rgb(190, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(221, 31%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(221, 14%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, 0.78, -11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 11.61, 273.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.0026 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.031 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.9376, 57.4753, 76.5921)
Luminance	0.5748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC8DD #DDD3BE

analogous

#BED7DD #BEC8DD #C3BEDD

triadic

#BEC8DD #DDBEC8 #C8DDBE

tetradic

#BEC8DD #DDBED7 #DDD3BE #BEDDC3

square

#BEC8DD #DDBED7 #DDD3BE #BEDDC3

split-complementary

#BEC8DD #DDC3BE #D7DDBE

monochromatic

#6E84B3 #96A6C8 #BEC8DD #E6EAF2 #EBEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BEC8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#BEC8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC8DD

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC8DD	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.031 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8e7',
    500: '#bec8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec8dd;
$custom-light: #d1d8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.645,
    "s": 31.313,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83165,
    "c": 0.03139,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC8DD

secondary

#B5A78B

accent

#863BAA

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC8DD

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

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