#BEC9CC#BEC9CC

#BEC9CC is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.013 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9CC
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 204)
HSL	hsl(193, 12%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(193, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, -3.17, -2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 4.22, 221.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.0104 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.013 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.0187, 57.0795, 65.3392)
Luminance	0.5708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9CC #CCC1BE

analogous

#BECCC8 #BEC9CC #BEC2CC

triadic

#BEC9CC #CCBEC9 #C9CCBE

tetradic

#BEC9CC #C8BECC #CCC1BE #C2CCBE

square

#BEC9CC #C8BECC #CCC1BE #C2CCBE

split-complementary

#BEC9CC #CCBEC2 #CCC8BE

monochromatic

#799096 #9CADB1 #BEC9CC #E0E5E7 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BEC9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#BEC9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9CC

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9CC	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BACACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.013 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9db',
    500: '#bec9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9cc;
$custom-light: #d1d9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 12.069,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82831,
    "c": 0.0128,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9CC

secondary

#A0928E

accent

#5F4F96

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9CC

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

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