#BEC9BD#BEC9BD

#BEC9BD is a very light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.020 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9BD
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 189)
HSL	hsl(115, 10%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(115, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -5.98, 4.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 7.61, 141.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0163 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.02 143)
XYZ	xyz(51.3055, 56.3943, 56.3165)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9BD #C8BDC9

analogous

#C4C9BD #BEC9BD #BDC9C2

triadic

#BEC9BD #BDBEC9 #C9BDBE

tetradic

#BEC9BD #BDC4C9 #C8BDC9 #C9C2BD

square

#BEC9BD #BDC4C9 #C8BDC9 #C9C2BD

split-complementary

#BEC9BD #C2BDC9 #C9BDC4

monochromatic

#7C927A #9DAD9B #BEC9BD #DFE5DF #EEF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BEC9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#BEC9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9BD

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9BD	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.020 143.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9d0',
    500: '#bec9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9bd;
$custom-light: #d1d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82398,
    "c": 0.02043,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.56395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9BD

secondary

#9B8E9D

accent

#51948E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9BD

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

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