#BCC8D6#BCC8D6

#BCC8D6 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.024 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC8D6
RGB	rgb(188, 200, 214)
HSL	hsl(212, 24%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(212, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -1.31, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 8.46, 261.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0072 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.024 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5282, 56.8542, 71.7591)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC8D6 #D6CABC

analogous

#BCD5D6 #BCC8D6 #BDBCD6

triadic

#BCC8D6 #D6BCC8 #C8D6BC

tetradic

#BCC8D6 #D6BCD5 #D6CABC #BCD6BD

square

#BCC8D6 #D6BCD5 #D6CABC #BCD6BD

split-complementary

#BCC8D6 #D6BDBC #D5D6BC

monochromatic

#708AA8 #96A9BF #BCC8D6 #E2E7ED #ECEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BCC8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#BCC8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC8D6

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC8D6	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C5D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 200, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.024 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8e2',
    500: '#bcc8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc8d6;
$custom-light: #d0d8e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 24.074,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82787,
    "c": 0.02365,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC8D6

secondary

#AC9C8A

accent

#7643A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC8D6

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

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