#BCD5DC#BCD5DC

#BCD5DC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.029 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD5DC
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 31%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(193, 15%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -6.89, -6.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 9.31, 222.28°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0229 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.029 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.4483, 63.4459, 76.9158)
Luminance	0.6345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD5DC #DCC3BC

analogous

#BCDCD3 #BCD5DC #BCC5DC

triadic

#BCD5DC #DCBCD5 #D5DCBC

tetradic

#BCD5DC #D3BCDC #DCC3BC #C5DCBC

square

#BCD5DC #D3BCDC #DCC3BC #C5DCBC

split-complementary

#BCD5DC #DCBCC5 #DCD3BC

monochromatic

#6CA3B2 #94BCC7 #BCD5DC #E4EEF1 #EBF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BCD5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#BCD5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD5DC

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD5DC	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBCFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.029 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e1e6',
    500: '#bcd5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd5dc;
$custom-light: #d0e1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.125,
    "s": 31.373,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85663,
    "c": 0.0285,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD5DC

secondary

#B39289

accent

#543BAA

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD5DC

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

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