#BEC9CF#BEC9CF

#BEC9CF is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.015 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9CF
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 207)
HSL	hsl(201, 15%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(201, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 2.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -2.58, -4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 5.00, 238.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0092 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.015 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.3819, 57.2248, 67.2525)
Luminance	0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9CF #CFC4BE

analogous

#BECFCC #BEC9CF #BEC0CF

triadic

#BEC9CF #CFBEC9 #C9CFBE

tetradic

#BEC9CF #CCBECF #CFC4BE #C0CFBE

square

#BEC9CF #CCBECF #CFC4BE #C0CFBE

split-complementary

#BEC9CF #CFBEC0 #CFCCBE

monochromatic

#788F9B #9BACB5 #BEC9CF #E1E6E9 #EDF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BEC9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#BEC9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9CF

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9CF	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BACBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.015 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9dd',
    500: '#bec9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9cf;
$custom-light: #d1d9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 15.044,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82922,
    "c": 0.01473,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9CF

secondary

#A3958E

accent

#674C99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9CF

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

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