#BEC9CD#BEC9CD

#BEC9CD is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.013 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9CD
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 13%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(196, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -2.97, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 4.43, 227.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.01 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.013 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1390, 57.1277, 65.9729)
Luminance	0.5713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9CD #CDC2BE

analogous

#BECDC9 #BEC9CD #BEC2CD

triadic

#BEC9CD #CDBEC9 #C9CDBE

tetradic

#BEC9CD #C9BECD #CDC2BE #C2CDBE

square

#BEC9CD #C9BECD #CDC2BE #C2CDBE

split-complementary

#BEC9CD #CDBEC2 #CDC9BE

monochromatic

#799098 #9BACB2 #BEC9CD #E1E6E8 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BEC9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#BEC9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9CD

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9CD	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BACACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.013 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9dc',
    500: '#bec9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9cd;
$custom-light: #d1d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82861,
    "c": 0.01333,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9CD

secondary

#A1938E

accent

#624E97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9CD

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

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