#BEC9BC#BEC9BC

#BEC9BC is a very light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.022 H 140.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9BC
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(111, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(111, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -6.16, 5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 8.06, 139.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0167 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.022 140.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.1973, 56.3510, 55.7468)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9BC #C7BCC9

analogous

#C5C9BC #BEC9BC #BCC9C1

triadic

#BEC9BC #BCBEC9 #C9BCBE

tetradic

#BEC9BC #BCC5C9 #C7BCC9 #C9C1BC

square

#BEC9BC #BCC5C9 #C7BCC9 #C9C1BC

split-complementary

#BEC9BC #C1BCC9 #C9BCC5

monochromatic

#7C9278 #9DAE9A #BEC9BC #DFE4DE #EFF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BEC9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#BEC9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9BC

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9BC	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC7BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.022 140.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9d0',
    500: '#bec9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9bc;
$custom-light: #d1d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110.769,
    "s": 10.744,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8237,
    "c": 0.02155,
    "h": 140.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9BC

secondary

#9A8D9D

accent

#51958A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9BC

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

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