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#beccec

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

Token name suggestion: Morning Harbour

RGB
190, 204, 236
HSL
222°, 55%, 84%
CMYK
20, 14, 0, 8
Luminance
0.6019

#beccec is a light vivid blue, 222° on the wheel and 93/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.04:1). As text it scores 1.61:1 on white — use #4B72CB instead. Nearest name is Light Steel Blue, nearest Tailwind family is sky.

hsl(222 55% 84%)rgb(190 204 236)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

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

Hex
#beccec
Hue
222°
blue
Saturation
55%
vivid
Lightness
84%
light
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
80%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6019
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
93/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
13.04:1
Closest name
Light Steel Blue
ΔE2000 4.4
Chroma
17.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.845
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
sky
500 · ΔE 22.1
Web-safe
#CCCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue222° of 360°
Saturation55%
Lightness84%
Saturation × lightness field

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

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool93% 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#beccec
HEX (8-digit)#beccecff
RGBrgb(190, 204, 236)
RGBArgba(190, 204, 236, 1)
HSLhsl(222, 55%, 84%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222, 19%, 93%)
HWBhwb(222 75% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(20%, 14%, 0%, 8%)
LABlab(81.9 1.9 -17.4)
LCHlch(81.9 17.5 276.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.845 0.047 266.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(57.96, 60.19, 87.90)
Decimal12504300
Display P3color(display-p3 0.745 0.800 0.925)
Web-safe#CCCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #beccec;
background-color: #beccec;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #beccec;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#beccec] bg-[#beccec]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #beccec;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.745, green: 0.800, blue: 0.925)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.745, green: 0.800, blue: 0.925, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BECCEC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBECCEC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBECCEC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(236, 204, 190)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(190, 204, 236)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(190, 204, 236)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 190, 204, 236)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7451f, 0.8000f, 0.9255f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{190,204,236}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #beccec 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #beccec 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1D3263, #D3DBEE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #beccec 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: #F4F6FB;
  --brand-100: #E9EDF6;
  --brand-200: #beccec;
  --brand-300: #A8BBE6;
  --brand-400: #7D99D9;
  --brand-500: #5177CC;
  --brand-600: #3760BD;
  --brand-700: #2E509E;
  --brand-800: #25407E;
  --brand-900: #1E315C;
  --brand-950: #131F3A;
  --brand: #beccec;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4F6FA;
  --brand-border: #C0CDED;
  --brand-hover: #A2B6E4;
  --brand-pressed: #87A1DC;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141924;
    --brand-ink: #D3DBEE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4F6FB',
        100: '#E9EDF6',
        200: '#beccec',
        300: '#A8BBE6',
        400: '#7D99D9',
        500: '#5177CC',
        600: '#3760BD',
        700: '#2E509E',
        800: '#25407E',
        900: '#1E315C',
        950: '#131F3A',
        DEFAULT: '#beccec',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4F6FB,
  '100': #E9EDF6,
  '200': #beccec,
  '300': #A8BBE6,
  '400': #7D99D9,
  '500': #5177CC,
  '600': #3760BD,
  '700': #2E509E,
  '800': #25407E,
  '900': #1E315C,
  '950': #131F3A,
);
$brand-base: #beccec;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4F6FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E9EDF6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#beccec", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A8BBE6", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7D99D9", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#5177CC", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3760BD", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#2E509E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#25407E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1E315C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#131F3A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #beccec · 13.04:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.61:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.04:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #beccec as text scores 1.61:1 on white and 13.04:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #1D3263 at 7.72:1.

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
#4B72CB · 4.60:1
AA on white−29% L
#4B72CB
The quick fox
#3155A8 · 7.01:1
AAA on white−41% L
#3155A8
The quick fox
#beccec · 13.04:1
AA on blackalready passes
#beccec
The quick fox
#beccec · 13.04:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#beccec

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #7794D7 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
#beccec on white: 1.61:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#beccec on black: 13.04:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

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

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.61:1AaAa
Slate 501.54:1AaAa
Slate 1001.47:1AaAa
Slate 2001.31:1AaAa
Slate 3001.08:1AaAa
Slate 4001.59:1AaAa
Slate 5002.95:1AaAa
Slate 6004.70:1AaAa
Slate 7006.43:1AaAa
Slate 8009.08:1AaAa
Slate 90011.08:1AaAa
Black13.04:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C2CEEE
deuteranopia · #BECAEB
tritanopia · #B3D2D6

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. #beccec is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4F6FB
#E9EDF6
#beccec
#A8BBE6
#7D99D9
#5177CC
#3760BD
#2E509E
#25407E
#1E315C
#131F3A
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F4F6FBDarkest = 950 · #131F3AText 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 0.012 266.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.019 266.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.028 266.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.037 266.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.044 266.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.047 266.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.047 266.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.044 266.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.040 266.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.033 266.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.026 266.7);
}

Colors that work with #beccec

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#C0CDED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B639B
Captions on the surface
Accent#A35F29
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1D3263
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EBF0F9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141924
Dark-mode background
Hover#A2B6E4
One step down in lightness
Pressed#87A1DC
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F4F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#CAD7F4
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
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #beccec

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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 #1D3263
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #7794D7

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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-high
  • Weight17/100
  • 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#ECDEBE
Analogous left#BEE3EC
Analogous right#C7BEEC
Split-complement 1#ECC7BE
Split-complement 2#E3ECBE
Triadic 1#ECBECC
Triadic 2#CCECBE
Tetradic#ECBEE3
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°222°

#beccec sits at 222°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red74.5%
Green80.0%
Blue92.5%
R · 0–255
190
0xbe
G · 0–255
204
0xcc
B · 0–255
236
0xec

CMYK percentages

Cyan19.5%
Magenta13.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)7.5%

Total ink coverage is 41%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#beccec text on a black background

contrast 13.04:1

Card sample

#beccec text on a white background

contrast 1.61:1

Card sample

#beccec on grey

1.47:1

#beccec on its own surface

1.49:1

#beccec on its dark surface

10.92:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(190, 204, 236, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(190, 204, 236, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #beccec;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #beccec, #CFBEEC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

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

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #beccec;
caret-color: #beccec;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #beccec;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EBF0F9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #beccec;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#beccec 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #beccec 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, 236, 0.5)
rgb(190 204 236 / 50%)
#beccec80
hsl(222 55% 84% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #beccec 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#beccec1a#F9FAFD
20%#beccec33#F2F5FB
40%#beccec66#E5EBF7
60%#beccec99#D8E0F4
80%#becceccc#CBD6F0

Gradients from #beccec

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, #EDF1FA, #beccec 45%, #1D3263);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #beccec, #C2A6E5);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #beccec, #ECDEBE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F3F6FC 0%, #beccec 45%, #1D3263 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%, #E5F5F8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DED6F3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1D3263 0%, transparent 65%), #beccec;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #beccec

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.

#beccec 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 13.04:1.

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.

#beccec, answered

What color is #beccec?

#beccec is a light vivid blue, closest to Light Steel Blue (ΔE2000 4.4). It sits at 222° on the hue wheel with 55% saturation and 84% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #beccec?

rgb(190, 204, 236) — 190 red, 204 green and 236 blue out of 255, or 74.5% / 80% / 92.5% by channel.

What is #beccec in HSL and HSV?

hsl(222, 55%, 84%) and hsv(222, 19%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #beccec a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6019 and perceived brightness is 80%, so black text on it reaches 13.04:1.

Should I use black or white text on #beccec?

Black. It scores 13.04:1 against #beccec, versus 1.61:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #beccec accessible on a white background?

#beccec on white scores 1.61:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #4B72CB to reach 4.5:1, or #3155A8 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #beccec?

#ECDEBE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #ECC7BE and #E3ECBE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #beccec?

For interface work: #F4F6FA as the surface, #C0CDED for borders, #4B639B for secondary text, #A35F29 as an accent and #1D3263 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #BEE3EC and #C7BEEC stays calm, while #ECDEBE is the loudest partner.

What is #beccec in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(20%, 14%, 0%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #beccec warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 93 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C1BEEC; nudged cooler, #BDD2ED.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #beccec?

The sky family — its 500 step is #0ea5e9, ΔE2000 22.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #beccec as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #beccec in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#beccec] or text-[#beccec], 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 #beccec with 50% opacity?

rgba(190, 204, 236, 0.5), or #beccec80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DFE6F6; over black, #5F6676.

Is #beccec a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCFF, ΔE2000 6.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #beccec 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 chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #beccec?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EDF1FA, #beccec 45%, #1D3263). For more colour, a short hue run to #C2A6E5 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #beccec in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

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