#BEC9CB#BEC9CB

#BEC9CB is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.012 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9CB
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(189, 6%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -3.36, -2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 4.07, 214.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0108 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.012 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.8991, 57.0317, 64.7096)
Luminance	0.5703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9CB #CBC0BE

analogous

#BECBC7 #BEC9CB #BEC3CB

triadic

#BEC9CB #CBBEC9 #C9CBBE

tetradic

#BEC9CB #C7BECB #CBC0BE #C3CBBE

square

#BEC9CB #C7BECB #CBC0BE #C3CBBE

split-complementary

#BEC9CB #CBBEC3 #CBC7BE

monochromatic

#7A9195 #9CADB0 #BEC9CB #E0E5E6 #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BEC9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#BEC9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9CB

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9CB	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBCACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.012 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9da',
    500: '#bec9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9cb;
$custom-light: #d1d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82801,
    "c": 0.01241,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9CB

secondary

#9F918E

accent

#5B5095

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9CB

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

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