#BCC8CD#BCC8CD

#BCC8CD is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.015 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC8CD
RGB	rgb(188, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(198, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -3.11, -3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 4.99, 231.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0106 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.015 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.4104, 56.4071, 65.8722)
Luminance	0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC8CD #CDC1BC

analogous

#BCCDCA #BCC8CD #BCC0CD

triadic

#BCC8CD #CDBCC8 #C8CDBC

tetradic

#BCC8CD #CABCCD #CDC1BC #C0CDBC

square

#BCC8CD #CABCCD #CDC1BC #C0CDBC

split-complementary

#BCC8CD #CDBCC0 #CDCABC

monochromatic

#768E99 #99ABB3 #BCC8CD #DFE5E7 #EDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BCC8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#BCC8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC8CD

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC8CD	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.015 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8dc',
    500: '#bcc8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc8cd;
$custom-light: #d0d8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 14.53,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82505,
    "c": 0.01494,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC8CD

secondary

#A1928C

accent

#634D99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC8CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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