#BCC9DA#BCC9DA

#BCC9DA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.028 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC9DA
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 218)
HSL	hsl(214, 29%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(214, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -1.01, -9.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 10.00, 264.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0071 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.028 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.2776, 57.5257, 74.5600)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC9DA #DACDBC

analogous

#BCD8DA #BCC9DA #BEBCDA

triadic

#BCC9DA #DABCC9 #C9DABC

tetradic

#BCC9DA #DABCD8 #DACDBC #BCDABE

square

#BCC9DA #DABCD8 #DACDBC #BCDABE

split-complementary

#BCC9DA #DABEBC #D8DABC

monochromatic

#6D89AE #95A9C4 #BCC9DA #E3E9F0 #EBEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BCC9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#BCC9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC9DA

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC9DA	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.028 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9e5',
    500: '#bcc9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc9da;
$custom-light: #d0d9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83122,
    "c": 0.02777,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC9DA

secondary

#B1A089

accent

#7A3EA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC9DA

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

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