#BEC9E2#BEC9E2

#BEC9E2 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.037 H 266.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9E2
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 226)
HSL	hsl(222, 38%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(222, 16%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 11.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, 1.30, -13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 13.71, 275.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0022 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.037 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.8461, 58.2105, 80.2302)
Luminance	0.5821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9E2 #E2D7BE

analogous

#BEDBE2 #BEC9E2 #C5BEE2

triadic

#BEC9E2 #E2BEC9 #C9E2BE

tetradic

#BEC9E2 #E2BEDB #E2D7BE #BEE2C5

square

#BEC9E2 #E2BEDB #E2D7BE #BEE2C5

split-complementary

#BEC9E2 #E2C5BE #DBE2BE

monochromatic

#6983BC #94A6CF #BEC9E2 #E8ECF5 #EAEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BEC9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#BEC9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9E2

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9E2	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.037 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9eb',
    500: '#bec9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9e2;
$custom-light: #d1d9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.667,
    "s": 38.298,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83536,
    "c": 0.03702,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9E2

secondary

#BBAC89

accent

#8B34B1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9E2

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

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