#BCCED8#BCCED8

#BCCED8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.024 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCCED8
RGB	rgb(188, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(201, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(201, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -4.06, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 8.11, 239.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.0148 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.024 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.2021, 59.7908, 73.5849)
Luminance	0.5979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCCED8 #D8C6BC

analogous

#BCD8D4 #BCCED8 #BCC0D8

triadic

#BCCED8 #D8BCCE #CED8BC

tetradic

#BCCED8 #D4BCD8 #D8C6BC #C0D8BC

square

#BCCED8 #D4BCD8 #D8C6BC #C0D8BC

split-complementary

#BCCED8 #D8BCC0 #D8D4BC

monochromatic

#6F95AB #95B2C1 #BCCED8 #E3EAEF #ECF1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BCCED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#BCCED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCCED8

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCCED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCCED8	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.024 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dce4',
    500: '#bcced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcced8;
$custom-light: #d0dce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84087,
    "c": 0.02404,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCCED8

secondary

#AE978A

accent

#6441A5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCCED8

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

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