#BCD5E2#BCD5E2

#BCD5E2 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.032 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD5E2
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 40%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(201, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 5.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -5.64, -9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 10.80, 238.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.85% -0.0207 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(85.85% 0.032 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.2572, 63.7694, 81.1761)
Luminance	0.6377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD5E2 #E2C9BC

analogous

#BCE2DC #BCD5E2 #BCC2E2

triadic

#BCD5E2 #E2BCD5 #D5E2BC

tetradic

#BCD5E2 #DCBCE2 #E2C9BC #C2E2BC

square

#BCD5E2 #DCBCE2 #E2C9BC #C2E2BC

split-complementary

#BCD5E2 #E2BCC2 #E2DCBC

monochromatic

#679FBD #91BAD0 #BCD5E2 #E7F0F4 #EAF2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BCD5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#BCD5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD5E2

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD5E2	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2D9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.032 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e1eb',
    500: '#bcd5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd5e2;
$custom-light: #d0e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.526,
    "s": 39.583,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85853,
    "c": 0.03234,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD5E2

secondary

#BB9987

accent

#5F33B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD5E2

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

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