#BEBCBE

sRGB · 190 / 188 / 190

#BEBCBE belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 190 red, 188 green and 190 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 300.0° lands in the magenta region. Its 1.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 74.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.13:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 190, 188, 190
HSL: 300.00°, 1.52%, 74.12%
HSV / HSB: 300.00°, 1.05%, 74.51%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 1.05%, 0.00%, 25.49%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 48.510, 50.631, 55.934
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 76.455, 1.067, -0.761
WCAG relative luminance: 0.50631
24-bit decimal: 12500158

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BEBCBE in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 11.13:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.89:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BCBEBC sits half a turn (180°) from #BEBCBE on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BEBCBE #BCBEBC

Analogous

#BDBCBE and #BEBCBD sit 30° to either side of #BEBCBE. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#BDBCBE #BEBCBE #BEBCBD

Triadic

#BEBCBE, #BEBEBC and #BCBEBE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BEBCBE #BEBEBC #BCBEBE

Split complementary

Start at #BEBCBE and look across the wheel. #BDBEBC and #BCBEBD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BEBCBE #BDBEBC #BCBEBD

Square

Starting with #BEBCBE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BEBDBC, #BCBEBC, then #BCBDBE. Across the square, #BEBCBE pairs with #BCBEBC, and #BEBDBC with #BCBDBE.

#BEBCBE #BEBDBC #BCBEBC #BCBDBE

Tetradic

#BEBCBE and #BCBEBC are opposites, as are #BEBCBC and #BCBEBE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BEBCBE #BEBCBC #BCBEBC #BCBEBE

Tints

Mixing #BEBCBE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBC9CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F2F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#BEBCBE #CBC9CB #D8D7D8 #E5E4E5 #F2F2F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BEBCBE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #989698, keeps 80% of the original. By #262626, the mixture is 80% black.

#BEBCBE #989698 #727172 #4C4B4C #262626 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BEBCBE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2B0B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C8C8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BEBCBE #B2B0B2 #A5A4A5 #999899 #8C8C8C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BEBCBE

RGB

rgb(190 188 190)

HSL

hsl(300.000 1.515% 74.118%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BEBCBE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BEBCBE uses 190 red, 188 green and 190 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.5%

Green 73.7%

Blue 74.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BEBCBE is 0.0% cyan, 1.1% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 25.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 1.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 25.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBBBBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BBB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BEBCBE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #BBBBBB Nearest web-safe · #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#BEBCBE #BEBCBE #BDBDBD #BDBDBD #BDBDBD #BCBEBC #BCBEBC

Color vision previews

Compare how #BEBCBE appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#BCBCBE

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#BCBDBE

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#BEBCBD

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BDBCBE

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BDBCBE

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BEBCBE

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#BDBDBD

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#BDBCBD

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.51492 G 0.50289 B 0.51492

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.74371 G 0.73752 B 0.74453

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.51278 G 0.50329 B 0.51405

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.313 y 0.326 Y 50.631

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 25.490 M % 26.275 Y % 25.490

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111110 10111100 10111110