#BEC9DF#BEC9DF

#BEC9DF is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.033 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9DF
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 223)
HSL	hsl(220, 34%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(220, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, 0.67, -12.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 12.20, 273.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0032 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.033 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.4380, 58.0473, 78.0812)
Luminance	0.5805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9DF #DFD4BE

analogous

#BED9DF #BEC9DF #C3BEDF

triadic

#BEC9DF #DFBEC9 #C9DFBE

tetradic

#BEC9DF #DFBED9 #DFD4BE #BEDFC3

square

#BEC9DF #DFBED9 #DFD4BE #BEDFC3

split-complementary

#BEC9DF #DFC3BE #D9DFBE

monochromatic

#6C85B7 #95A7CB #BEC9DF #E7EBF3 #EAEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BEC9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#BEC9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9DF

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9DF	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.033 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9e9',
    500: '#bec9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9df;
$custom-light: #d1d9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 34.021,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83435,
    "c": 0.03308,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9DF

secondary

#B7A88A

accent

#8639AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9DF

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

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