#BEC9BE#BEC9BE

#BEC9BE is a very light, near-neutral green. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.019 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9BE
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 190)
HSL	hsl(120, 9%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(120, 5%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -5.80, 4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 7.16, 144.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0159 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.019 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4144, 56.4378, 56.8901)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9BE #C9BEC9

analogous

#C4C9BE #BEC9BE #BEC9C4

triadic

#BEC9BE #BEBEC9 #C9BEBE

tetradic

#BEC9BE #BEC4C9 #C9BEC9 #C9C4BE

square

#BEC9BE #BEC4C9 #C9BEC9 #C9C4BE

split-complementary

#BEC9BE #C4BEC9 #C9BEC4

monochromatic

#7B917B #9DAD9D #BEC9BE #DFE5DF #EEF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BEC9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#BEC9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9BE

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9BE	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.019 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9d1',
    500: '#bec9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9be;
$custom-light: #d1d9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 9.244,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82426,
    "c": 0.01933,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9BE

secondary

#9C8F9C

accent

#529393

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9BE

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

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