#BEC9C8#BEC9C8

#BEC9C8 is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.012 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9C8
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(175, 9%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(175, 5%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -3.94, -0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 4.02, 191.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% -0.0119 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.012 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.5451, 56.8901, 62.8450)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9C8 #C9BEBF

analogous

#BEC9C3 #BEC9C8 #BEC5C9

triadic

#BEC9C8 #C8BEC9 #C9C8BE

tetradic

#BEC9C8 #C3BEC9 #C9BEBF #C5C9BE

square

#BEC9C8 #C3BEC9 #C9BEBF #C5C9BE

split-complementary

#BEC9C8 #C9BEC5 #C9C3BE

monochromatic

#7B918F #9DADAC #BEC9C8 #DFE5E4 #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BEC9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#BEC9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9C8

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9C8	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C8C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBCAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.012 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9d8',
    500: '#bec9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9c8;
$custom-light: #d1d9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 9.244,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82712,
    "c": 0.01214,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9C8

secondary

#9C8F90

accent

#525893

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9C8

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

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