#BCD5EC#BCD5EC

#BCD5EC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.042 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD5EC
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 236)
HSL	hsl(209, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(209, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 9.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.14, -3.51, -14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.14, 14.50, 256.01°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.017 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.042 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.6696, 64.3344, 88.6146)
Luminance	0.6434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD5EC #ECD3BC

analogous

#BCECEB #BCD5EC #BCBDEC

triadic

#BCD5EC #ECBCD5 #D5ECBC

tetradic

#BCD5EC #EBBCEC #ECD3BC #BDECBC

square

#BCD5EC #EBBCEC #ECD3BC #BDECBC

split-complementary

#BCD5EC #ECBCBD #ECEBBC

monochromatic

#5D99D1 #8CB7DE #BCD5EC #E7F0F8 #E7F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#BCD5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#BCD5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD5EC

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD5EC	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6D0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.042 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e1f2',
    500: '#bcd5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd5ec;
$custom-light: #d0e1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.75,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86182,
    "c": 0.04181,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD5EC

secondary

#C9A583

accent

#6F22C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD5EC

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

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