#BCD4CE#BCD4CE

#BCD4CE is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.027 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD4CE
RGB	rgb(188, 212, 206)
HSL	hsl(165, 22%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(165, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 2.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.04, -9.17, 0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.04, 9.17, 178.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.027 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.027 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.4205, 62.2335, 67.4730)
Luminance	0.6223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD4CE #D4BCC2

analogous

#BCD4C2 #BCD4CE #BCCED4

triadic

#BCD4CE #CEBCD4 #D4CEBC

tetradic

#BCD4CE #C2BCD4 #D4BCC2 #CED4BC

square

#BCD4CE #C2BCD4 #D4BCC2 #CED4BC

split-complementary

#BCD4CE #D4BCCE #D4C2BC

monochromatic

#71A497 #97BCB3 #BCD4CE #E1ECE9 #ECF3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#BCD4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#BCD4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD4CE

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD4CE	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDCDCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 212, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.027 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e1dc',
    500: '#bcd4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd4ce;
$custom-light: #d0e1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 21.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85034,
    "c": 0.02702,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD4CE

secondary

#AA8B92

accent

#455CA0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD4CE

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

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