#BEC9DB#BEC9DB

#BEC9DB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.028 H 260.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9DB
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(217, 29%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(217, 13%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -0.16, -10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 10.21, 269.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0047 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.028 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.9051, 57.8341, 75.2745)
Luminance	0.5784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9DB #DBD0BE

analogous

#BED8DB #BEC9DB #C1BEDB

triadic

#BEC9DB #DBBEC9 #C9DBBE

tetradic

#BEC9DB #DBBED8 #DBD0BE #BEDBC1

square

#BEC9DB #DBBED8 #DBD0BE #BEDBC1

split-complementary

#BEC9DB #DBC1BE #D8DBBE

monochromatic

#6F88AF #97A8C5 #BEC9DB #E5EAF1 #EBEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BEC9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#BEC9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9DB

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9DB	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.028 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9e6',
    500: '#bec9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9db;
$custom-light: #d1d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.241,
    "s": 28.713,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83303,
    "c": 0.02794,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9DB

secondary

#B2A38B

accent

#7F3EA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9DB

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

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