#BEC2CA

sRGB: 190 / 194 / 202

Ancient mountains fracture ancient heavens
Majestic waterfalls tremble in empty gardens
Boundless spirits illuminate hidden worlds

#BEC2CA belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 190 red, 194 green and 202 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 220.0° lands in the azure region. Its 10.2% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 76.9% 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 (11.76:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 190, 194, 202
HSL: 220.00°, 10.17%, 76.86%
HSV / HSB: 220.00°, 5.94%, 79.22%
CMYK (approx.): 5.94%, 3.96%, 0.00%, 20.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 51.185, 53.795, 63.566
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 78.342, 0.147, -4.484
WCAG relative luminance: 0.53795
24-bit decimal: 12501706

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 #BEC2CA 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: 11.76:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.79:1

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.

Reference: 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

#CAC6BE sits half a turn (180°) from #BEC2CA 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.

#BEC2CA #CAC6BE

Analogous

#BEC8CA and #C0BECA sit 30° to either side of #BEC2CA. 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.

#BEC8CA #BEC2CA #C0BECA

Triadic

#BEC2CA, #CABEC2 and #C2CABE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BEC2CA #CABEC2 #C2CABE

Split complementary

Start at #BEC2CA and look across the wheel. #CAC0BE and #C8CABE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BEC2CA #CAC0BE #C8CABE

Square

Starting with #BEC2CA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CABEC8, #CAC6BE, then #BECAC0. Across the square, #BEC2CA pairs with #CAC6BE, and #CABEC8 with #BECAC0.

#BEC2CA #CABEC8 #CAC6BE #BECAC0

Tetradic

#BEC2CA and #CAC6BE are opposites, as are #C6BECA and #C2CABE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BEC2CA #C6BECA #CAC6BE #C2CABE

Tints

Mixing #BEC2CA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBCED5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F3F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#BEC2CA #CBCED5 #D8DADF #E5E7EA #F2F3F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BEC2CA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #989BA2, keeps 80% of the original. By #262728, the mixture is 80% black.

#BEC2CA #989BA2 #727479 #4C4E51 #262728 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BEC2CA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2B5BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C8D8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BEC2CA #B2B5BB #A5A8AC #999A9E #8C8D8F #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

#BEC2CA

RGB

rgb(190 194 202)

HSL

hsl(220.000 10.169% 76.863%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BEC2CA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BEC2CA uses 190 red, 194 green and 202 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.5%

Green 76.1%

Blue 79.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BEC2CA is 5.9% cyan, 4.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 20.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 5.9%

Magenta 4.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 20.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBBBCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BBC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BEC2CA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBBBCC Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#BEC2CA #C0C3C8 #C2C3C6 #C4C4C4 #C6C5C2 #C8C5C0 #CAC6BE

Color vision previews

Compare how #BEC2CA 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.

#C0C2CA

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.

#BFC1CA

Tritanopia

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

#BBC4C4

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.

#BFC2CA

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.

#BFC2CA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BEC2C8

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C2C2C2

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.

#C0C2C6

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

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 0.53948 B 0.59062

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 0.74791 G 0.76027 B 0.78916

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.51928 G 0.53866 B 0.58562

CIE xyY

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

x 0.304 y 0.319 Y 53.795

CMY

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

C % 25.490 M % 23.922 Y % 20.784

Binary RGB

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

10111110 11000010 11001010