#BCC9CD#BCC9CD

#BCC9CD is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.015 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC9CD
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(194, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -3.64, -3.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 5.06, 224.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% -0.0121 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.015 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.6428, 56.8718, 65.9497)
Luminance	0.5687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC9CD #CDC0BC

analogous

#BCCDC9 #BCC9CD #BCC1CD

triadic

#BCC9CD #CDBCC9 #C9CDBC

tetradic

#BCC9CD #C9BCCD #CDC0BC #C1CDBC

square

#BCC9CD #C9BCCD #CDC0BC #C1CDBC

split-complementary

#BCC9CD #CDBCC1 #CDC9BC

monochromatic

#769199 #99ADB3 #BCC9CD #DFE5E7 #EDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BCC9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#BCC9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC9CD

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC9CD	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)

#C6C8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8CBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.015 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9dc',
    500: '#bcc9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc9cd;
$custom-light: #d0d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 14.53,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82712,
    "c": 0.01532,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC9CD

secondary

#A1918C

accent

#5F4D99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC9CD

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

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