#BEC9CE#BEC9CE

#BEC9CE is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.014 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9CE
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 14%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(199, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -2.78, -3.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 4.69, 233.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0096 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.014 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.2601, 57.1761, 66.6107)
Luminance	0.5718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9CE #CEC3BE

analogous

#BECECB #BEC9CE #BEC1CE

triadic

#BEC9CE #CEBEC9 #C9CEBE

tetradic

#BEC9CE #CBBECE #CEC3BE #C1CEBE

square

#BEC9CE #CBBECE #CEC3BE #C1CEBE

split-complementary

#BEC9CE #CEBEC1 #CECBBE

monochromatic

#788F99 #9BACB4 #BEC9CE #E1E6E8 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BEC9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#BEC9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9CE

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9CE	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BACBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.014 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9dc',
    500: '#bec9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9ce;
$custom-light: #d1d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 14.035,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82891,
    "c": 0.01397,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9CE

secondary

#A2948E

accent

#654D98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9CE

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

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