#BEC1C2

Closest named color: Silver (#C0C0C0). oklch(80.9% 0.004 219.5), rgb(190, 193, 194).

Black text reads best on this color (11.59:1).

About this color

#BEC1C2 is a light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 81%, its chroma 0.004. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Silver (#C0C0C0), ΔE 0.004 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.59:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	light (81%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.004)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Silver (#C0C0C0)
Black text	11.59:1
White text	1.81:1

Values

HEX	#BEC1C2
RGB	rgb(190, 193, 194)
HSL	hsl(195, 3%, 75%)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.004 219.5)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #BEC1C2	1.81:1	Fails	Lc -37.8	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #BEC1C2	11.59:1	AAA	Lc 70.1	Content text, not long reading
#BEC1C2 text on white	1.81:1	Fails	Lc 33.7	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#BEC1C2 text on black	11.59:1	AAA	Lc -68.9	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F5F5F6

oklch(97% 0.001 286.4)
Step 100
100

#E9EAEA

oklch(93.6% 0.001 197.1)
Step 200
200

#D8D9DA

oklch(88.5% 0.002 247.8)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#BEC1C2

oklch(80.9% 0.004 219.5)
Step 400
400

#9DA1A3

oklch(70.6% 0.005 228.9)
Step 500
500

#858B8C

oklch(63.2% 0.007 208.8)
Step 600
600

#6E7476

oklch(55.4% 0.008 219.6)
Step 700
700

#5C6264

oklch(49.2% 0.008 219.6)
Step 800
800

#4B5051

oklch(42.7% 0.007 211)
Step 900
900

#3F4243

oklch(37.7% 0.004 219.6)
Step 950
950

#252727

oklch(27.1% 0.003 197)

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#BEC1C2 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#C0C1C2	0.003
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#C0C0C2	0.004
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#BDC1C1	0.002
Achromatopsia (no color)	#C0C0C0	0.004

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #BEC1C2, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #BEC1C2 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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