#BEC9DA#BEC9DA

#BEC9DA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.027 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9DA
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 218)
HSL	hsl(216, 27%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(216, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -0.37, -9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 9.73, 267.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0051 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.027 259)
XYZ	xyz(54.7739, 57.7816, 74.5833)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9DA #DACFBE

analogous

#BED7DA #BEC9DA #C1BEDA

triadic

#BEC9DA #DABEC9 #C9DABE

tetradic

#BEC9DA #DABED7 #DACFBE #BEDAC1

square

#BEC9DA #DABED7 #DACFBE #BEDAC1

split-complementary

#BEC9DA #DAC1BE #D7DABE

monochromatic

#7088AE #97A9C4 #BEC9DA #E5E9F0 #EBEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BEC9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#BEC9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9DA

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9DA	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.027 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9e5',
    500: '#bec9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9da;
$custom-light: #d1d9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.429,
    "s": 27.451,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8327,
    "c": 0.02669,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.57782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9DA

secondary

#B1A28B

accent

#7E3FA6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9DA

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

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