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#becce6

a light, soft blue · cool · closest name: Light Steel Blue

Token name suggestion: Drift Harbour

RGB
190, 204, 230
HSL
219°, 44%, 82%
CMYK
17, 11, 0, 10
Luminance
0.5985

#becce6 is a light soft blue, 219° on the wheel and 95/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.97:1). As text it scores 1.62:1 on white — use #5075BC instead. Nearest name is Light Steel Blue, nearest Tailwind family is sky.

hsl(219 44% 82%)rgb(190 204 230)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #becce6 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#becce6
Hue
219°
blue
Saturation
44%
soft
Lightness
82%
light
Brightness
90%
HSV value
Perceived
80%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5985
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
95/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
12.97:1
Closest name
Light Steel Blue
ΔE2000 3.3
Chroma
14.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.843
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
sky
500 · ΔE 21.8
Web-safe
#CCCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue219° of 360°
Saturation44%
Lightness82%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #becce6.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool95% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red18%
Green72%
Blue10%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#becce6
HEX (8-digit)#becce6ff
RGBrgb(190, 204, 230)
RGBArgba(190, 204, 230, 1)
HSLhsl(219, 44%, 82%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219, 17%, 90%)
HWBhwb(219 75% 10%)
CMYKcmyk(17%, 11%, 0%, 10%)
LABlab(81.8 0.6 -14.4)
LCHlch(81.8 14.4 272.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.843 0.040 262.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(57.11, 59.84, 83.39)
Decimal12504294
Display P3color(display-p3 0.745 0.800 0.902)
Web-safe#CCCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #becce6;
background-color: #becce6;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #becce6;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#becce6] bg-[#becce6]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #becce6;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.745, green: 0.800, blue: 0.902)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.745, green: 0.800, blue: 0.902, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BECCE6</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBECCE6)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBECCE6)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(230, 204, 190)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(190, 204, 230)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(190, 204, 230)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 190, 204, 230)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7451f, 0.8000f, 0.9020f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{190,204,230}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #becce6 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #becce6 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#23375C, #D3DCEE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #becce6 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F5F7FA;
  --brand-100: #EAEEF5;
  --brand-200: #D1DAEB;
  --brand-300: #becce6;
  --brand-400: #85A0D0;
  --brand-500: #5D80C1;
  --brand-600: #446AB1;
  --brand-700: #395893;
  --brand-800: #2D4776;
  --brand-900: #243656;
  --brand-950: #172236;
  --brand: #becce6;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4F6FA;
  --brand-border: #C4D1E8;
  --brand-hover: #A4B8DC;
  --brand-pressed: #8BA4D2;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141A24;
    --brand-ink: #D3DCEE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5F7FA',
        100: '#EAEEF5',
        200: '#D1DAEB',
        300: '#becce6',
        400: '#85A0D0',
        500: '#5D80C1',
        600: '#446AB1',
        700: '#395893',
        800: '#2D4776',
        900: '#243656',
        950: '#172236',
        DEFAULT: '#becce6',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5F7FA,
  '100': #EAEEF5,
  '200': #D1DAEB,
  '300': #becce6,
  '400': #85A0D0,
  '500': #5D80C1,
  '600': #446AB1,
  '700': #395893,
  '800': #2D4776,
  '900': #243656,
  '950': #172236,
);
$brand-base: #becce6;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5F7FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EAEEF5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D1DAEB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#becce6", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#85A0D0", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#5D80C1", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#446AB1", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#395893", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2D4776", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#243656", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#172236", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #becce6 · 12.97:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.62:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.97:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #becce6 as text scores 1.62:1 on white and 12.97:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #23375C at 7.32:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#5075BC · 4.55:1
AA on white−30% L
#5075BC
The quick fox
#385791 · 7.14:1
AAA on white−43% L
#385791
The quick fox
#becce6 · 12.97:1
AA on blackalready passes
#becce6
The quick fox
#becce6 · 12.97:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#becce6

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #7895CB is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#becce6 on white: 1.62:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#becce6 on black: 12.97:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #becce6 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #becce6.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.62:1AaAa
Slate 501.55:1AaAa
Slate 1001.48:1AaAa
Slate 2001.31:1AaAa
Slate 3001.09:1AaAa
Slate 4001.58:1AaAa
Slate 5002.94:1AaAa
Slate 6004.68:1AaAa
Slate 7006.39:1AaAa
Slate 8009.03:1AaAa
Slate 90011.03:1AaAa
Black12.97:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C4CDE7
deuteranopia · #C0CAE5
tritanopia · #B4D1D4

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #becce6 is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5F7FA
#EAEEF5
#D1DAEB
#becce6
#85A0D0
#5D80C1
#446AB1
#395893
#2D4776
#243656
#172236
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F5F7FADarkest = 950 · #172236Text step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.010 262.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.016 262.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.024 262.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.031 262.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.036 262.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.040 262.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.040 262.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.037 262.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.033 262.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.028 262.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.022 262.9);
}

Colors that work with #becce6

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4F6FA
Tinted page background
Border#C4D1E8
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B679B
Captions on the surface
Accent#985D34
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#23375C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDF1F8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141A24
Dark-mode background
Hover#A4B8DC
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8BA4D2
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F4F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C9D7EF
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #becce6

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #23375C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #7895CB

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight18/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#E6D8BE
Analogous left#BEE0E6
Analogous right#C4BEE6
Split-complement 1#E6C4BE
Split-complement 2#E0E6BE
Triadic 1#E6BECC
Triadic 2#CCE6BE
Tetradic#E6BEE0
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°219°

#becce6 sits at 219°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red74.5%
Green80.0%
Blue90.2%
R · 0–255
190
0xbe
G · 0–255
204
0xcc
B · 0–255
230
0xe6

CMYK percentages

Cyan17.4%
Magenta11.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)9.8%

Total ink coverage is 39%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#becce6 text on a black background

contrast 12.97:1

Card sample

#becce6 text on a white background

contrast 1.62:1

Card sample

#becce6 on grey

1.48:1

#becce6 on its own surface

1.50:1

#becce6 on its dark surface

10.78:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #becce6;
Background color
Panel with #becce6 background
background-color: #becce6;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #becce6;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(190, 204, 230, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(190, 204, 230, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #becce6;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #becce6, #CBBEE6);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #becce6, #D5BEE6);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #becce6;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #becce6;
caret-color: #becce6;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #becce6;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDF1F8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #becce6;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#becce6 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #becce6 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(190, 204, 230, 0.5)
rgb(190 204 230 / 50%)
#becce680
hsl(219 44% 82% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #becce6 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#becce61a#F9FAFD
20%#becce633#F2F5FA
40%#becce666#E5EBF5
60%#becce699#D8E0F0
80%#becce6cc#CBD6EB

Gradients from #becce6

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #EAEFF7, #becce6 45%, #23375C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #becce6, #BDA8DE);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #becce6, #E6D8BE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F4F6FB 0%, #becce6 45%, #23375C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F6FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E3F3F4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DAD4EF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #23375C 0%, transparent 65%), #becce6;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #becce6

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#becce6 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 12.97:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#becce6, answered

What color is #becce6?

#becce6 is a light soft blue, closest to Light Steel Blue (ΔE2000 3.3). It sits at 219° on the hue wheel with 44% saturation and 82% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #becce6?

rgb(190, 204, 230) — 190 red, 204 green and 230 blue out of 255, or 74.5% / 80% / 90.2% by channel.

What is #becce6 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(219, 44%, 82%) and hsv(219, 17%, 90%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #becce6 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5985 and perceived brightness is 80%, so black text on it reaches 12.97:1.

Should I use black or white text on #becce6?

Black. It scores 12.97:1 against #becce6, versus 1.62:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #becce6 accessible on a white background?

#becce6 on white scores 1.62:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #5075BC to reach 4.5:1, or #385791 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #becce6?

#E6D8BE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E6C4BE and #E0E6BE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #becce6?

For interface work: #F4F6FA as the surface, #C4D1E8 for borders, #4B679B for secondary text, #985D34 as an accent and #23375C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #BEE0E6 and #C4BEE6 stays calm, while #E6D8BE is the loudest partner.

What is #becce6 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(17%, 11%, 0%, 10%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #becce6 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 95 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #BFBEE6; nudged cooler, #BDD0E7.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #becce6?

The sky family — its 500 step is #0ea5e9, ΔE2000 21.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #becce6 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #becce6 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#becce6] or text-[#becce6], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #becce6 with 50% opacity?

rgba(190, 204, 230, 0.5), or #becce680 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DFE6F3; over black, #5F6673.

Is #becce6 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCFF, ΔE2000 8.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #becce6 mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #becce6?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EAEFF7, #becce6 45%, #23375C). For more colour, a short hue run to #BDA8DE keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #becce6 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #becce6 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.