#BEC9DC#BEC9DC

#BEC9DC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.029 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9DC
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(218, 30%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(218, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, 0.04, -10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 10.71, 270.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0043 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.029 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.0372, 57.8869, 75.9699)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9DC #DCD1BE

analogous

#BED8DC #BEC9DC #C2BEDC

triadic

#BEC9DC #DCBEC9 #C9DCBE

tetradic

#BEC9DC #DCBED8 #DCD1BE #BEDCC2

square

#BEC9DC #DCBED8 #DCD1BE #BEDCC2

split-complementary

#BEC9DC #DCC2BE #D8DCBE

monochromatic

#6E87B1 #96A8C7 #BEC9DC #E6EAF1 #EBEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BEC9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#BEC9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9DC

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9DC	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.029 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9e6',
    500: '#bec9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9dc;
$custom-light: #d1d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83335,
    "c": 0.02921,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9DC

secondary

#B3A48B

accent

#813DA9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9DC

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

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