#BEC9EE#BEC9EE

#BEC9EE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.053 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEC9EE
RGB	rgb(190, 201, 238)
HSL	hsl(226, 59%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(226, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, 3.90, -19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 19.89, 281.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% 0.002 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.053 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.5506, 58.8923, 89.2076)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEC9EE #EEE3BE

analogous

#BEE1EE #BEC9EE #CBBEEE

triadic

#BEC9EE #EEBEC9 #C9EEBE

tetradic

#BEC9EE #EEBEE1 #EEE3BE #BEEECB

square

#BEC9EE #EEBEE1 #EEE3BE #BEEECB

split-complementary

#BEC9EE #EECBBE #E1EEBE

monochromatic

#5D78D5 #8DA1E1 #BEC9EE #E7EBF9 #E7EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BEC9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#BEC9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEC9EE

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEC9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEC9EE	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bec9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 201, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.053 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9f3',
    500: '#bec9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bec9ee;
$custom-light: #d2d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bec9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.25,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83956,
    "c": 0.05318,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEC9EE

secondary

#CCBB84

accent

#A01FC6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEC9EE

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

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