#BEC9CA#BEC9CA

#BEC9CA is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.012 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9CA
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 10%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(185, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -3.55, -1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 3.98, 206.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.0112 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.012 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.7803, 56.9842, 64.0840)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9CA #CABFBE

analogous

#BECAC5 #BEC9CA #BEC3CA

triadic

#BEC9CA #CABEC9 #C9CABE

tetradic

#BEC9CA #C5BECA #CABFBE #C3CABE

square

#BEC9CA #C5BECA #CABFBE #C3CABE

split-complementary

#BEC9CA #CABEC3 #CAC5BE

monochromatic

#7B9193 #9CADAF #BEC9CA #E0E5E5 #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BEC9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#BEC9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9CA

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9CA	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBCAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.012 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9da',
    500: '#bec9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9ca;
$custom-light: #d1d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 10.169,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82771,
    "c": 0.01216,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9CA

secondary

#9E908F

accent

#575194

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9CA

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

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