#BCD5EB#BCD5EB

#BCD5EB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.041 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD5EB
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 235)
HSL	hsl(208, 54%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(208, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.11, -3.72, -13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.11, 14.09, 254.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% -0.0173 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.041 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.5247, 64.2764, 87.8516)
Luminance	0.6428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD5EB #EBD2BC

analogous

#BCEBE9 #BCD5EB #BCBDEB

triadic

#BCD5EB #EBBCD5 #D5EBBC

tetradic

#BCD5EB #E9BCEB #EBD2BC #BDEBBC

square

#BCD5EB #E9BCEB #EBD2BC #BDEBBC

split-complementary

#BCD5EB #EBBCBD #EBE9BC

monochromatic

#5E9ACF #8DB7DD #BCD5EB #E7F0F8 #E7F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#BCD5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#BCD5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD5EB

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD5EB	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7D0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0DADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.041 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e1f1',
    500: '#bcd5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd5eb;
$custom-light: #d0e1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.085,
    "s": 54.023,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86148,
    "c": 0.04075,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD5EB

secondary

#C7A384

accent

#6E24C1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD5EB

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

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