#BCD8CB#BCD8CB

#BCD8CB is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.035 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD8CB
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 203)
HSL	hsl(152, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(152, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.03, -11.80, 3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.03, 12.24, 164.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0337 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.035 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.0719, 64.1138, 65.9093)
Luminance	0.6411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD8CB #D8BCC9

analogous

#BCD8BD #BCD8CB #BCD7D8

triadic

#BCD8CB #CBBCD8 #D8CBBC

tetradic

#BCD8CB #BDBCD8 #D8BCC9 #D7D8BC

square

#BCD8CB #BDBCD8 #D8BCC9 #D7D8BC

split-complementary

#BCD8CB #D8BCD7 #D8BDBC

monochromatic

#6FAB8F #95C1AD #BCD8CB #E3EFE9 #ECF4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#BCD8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#BCD8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD8CB

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD8CB	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7D4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7D8D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.035 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4da',
    500: '#bcd8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd8cb;
$custom-light: #d0e4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.143,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85791,
    "c": 0.03477,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD8CB

secondary

#AE8A9B

accent

#416FA5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#141514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD8CB

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

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