#BEC9EC#BEC9EC

#BEC9EC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.050 H 271.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9EC
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 236)
HSL	hsl(226, 55%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(226, 19%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, 3.46, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 18.85, 280.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% 0.0014 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.05 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.2584, 58.7754, 87.6687)
Luminance	0.5878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9EC #ECE1BE

analogous

#BEE0EC #BEC9EC #CABEEC

triadic

#BEC9EC #ECBEC9 #C9ECBE

tetradic

#BEC9EC #ECBEE0 #ECE1BE #BEECCA

square

#BEC9EC #ECBEE0 #ECE1BE #BEECCA

split-complementary

#BEC9EC #ECCABE #E0ECBE

monochromatic

#5F7AD0 #8FA2DE #BEC9EC #E7EBF8 #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BEC9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#BEC9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9EC

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9EC	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.050 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9f2',
    500: '#bec9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9ec;
$custom-light: #d2d9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.652,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83884,
    "c": 0.05046,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9EC

secondary

#C9B985

accent

#9C23C2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9EC

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

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