#BCD4E9#BCD4E9

#BCD4E9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.039 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD4E9
RGB	rgb(188, 212, 233)
HSL	hsl(208, 51%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(208, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -3.63, -13.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 13.51, 254.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0167 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.039 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.9867, 63.6600, 86.2548)
Luminance	0.6366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD4E9 #E9D1BC

analogous

#BCE9E8 #BCD4E9 #BCBDE9

triadic

#BCD4E9 #E9BCD4 #D4E9BC

tetradic

#BCD4E9 #E8BCE9 #E9D1BC #BDE9BC

square

#BCD4E9 #E8BCE9 #E9D1BC #BDE9BC

split-complementary

#BCD4E9 #E9BCBD #E9E8BC

monochromatic

#6099CB #8EB6DA #BCD4E9 #E8F0F7 #E8F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BCD4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#BCD4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD4E9

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD4E9	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D9DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 212, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.039 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e1f0',
    500: '#bcd4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd4e9;
$custom-light: #d0e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85876,
    "c": 0.03904,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD4E9

secondary

#C5A285

accent

#6E28BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD4E9

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

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