#BCD8AE#BCD8AE

#BCD8AE is a very light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.064 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD8AE
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 174)
HSL	hsl(100, 35%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(100, 19%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 19.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -16.94, 17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 24.47, 133.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% -0.0457 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.064 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9334, 62.8584, 49.3803)
Luminance	0.6286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD8AE #CAAED8

analogous

#D1D8AE #BCD8AE #AED8B5

triadic

#BCD8AE #AEBCD8 #D8AEBC

tetradic

#BCD8AE #AED1D8 #CAAED8 #D8B5AE

square

#BCD8AE #AED1D8 #CAAED8 #D8B5AE

split-complementary

#BCD8AE #B5AED8 #D8AED1

monochromatic

#78B05B #9AC485 #BCD8AE #DEECD7 #EEF5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BCD8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#BCD8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD8AE

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD8AE	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CFB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCD5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.064 135.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4c6',
    500: '#bcd8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd8ae;
$custom-light: #d0e4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85052,
    "c": 0.06435,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD8AE

secondary

#9E7BAF

accent

#38AE86

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF9

border

#D4D5D2

text

#141513

muted

#838482

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD8AE

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

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