#BEC9EA#BEC9EA

#BEC9EA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.048 H 270.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9EA
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 234)
HSL	hsl(225, 51%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(225, 19%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, 3.02, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 17.82, 279.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% 0.0007 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.048 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.9695, 58.6599, 86.1470)
Luminance	0.5866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9EA #EADFBE

analogous

#BEDFEA #BEC9EA #C9BEEA

triadic

#BEC9EA #EABEC9 #C9EABE

tetradic

#BEC9EA #EABEDF #EADFBE #BEEAC9

square

#BEC9EA #EABEDF #EADFBE #BEEAC9

split-complementary

#BEC9EA #EAC9BE #DFEABE

monochromatic

#617CCC #90A3DB #BEC9EA #E8ECF8 #E8ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BEC9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#BEC9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9EA

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9EA	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.048 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9f0',
    500: '#bec9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9ea;
$custom-light: #d2d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 51.163,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83813,
    "c": 0.04774,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9EA

secondary

#C6B686

accent

#9927BF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9EA

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

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