#BCC9CF#BCC9CF

#BCC9CF is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.017 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC9CF
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 207)
HSL	hsl(199, 17%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(199, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 2.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -3.24, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 5.55, 234.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.0113 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.017 227)
XYZ	xyz(52.8857, 56.9690, 67.2292)
Luminance	0.5697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC9CF #CFC2BC

analogous

#BCCFCC #BCC9CF #BCC0CF

triadic

#BCC9CF #CFBCC9 #C9CFBC

tetradic

#BCC9CF #CCBCCF #CFC2BC #C0CFBC

square

#BCC9CF #CCBCCF #CFC2BC #C0CFBC

split-complementary

#BCC9CF #CFBCC0 #CFCCBC

monochromatic

#75909C #98ACB5 #BCC9CF #E0E6E9 #EDF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BCC9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#BCC9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC9CF

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC9CF	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7CBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.017 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9dd',
    500: '#bcc9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc9cf;
$custom-light: #d0d9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 16.522,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82773,
    "c": 0.01656,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.5697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC9CF

secondary

#A4938C

accent

#644B9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC9CF

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

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