#BCD8CD#BCD8CD

#BCD8CD is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.033 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD8CD
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 205)
HSL	hsl(156, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(156, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 5.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.07, -11.41, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.07, 11.64, 168.68°)
OKLab	oklab(85.85% -0.0329 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(85.85% 0.033 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.3117, 64.2097, 67.1727)
Luminance	0.6421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD8CD #D8BCC7

analogous

#BCD8BF #BCD8CD #BCD5D8

triadic

#BCD8CD #CDBCD8 #D8CDBC

tetradic

#BCD8CD #BFBCD8 #D8BCC7 #D5D8BC

square

#BCD8CD #BFBCD8 #D8BCC7 #D5D8BC

split-complementary

#BCD8CD #D8BCD5 #D8BFBC

monochromatic

#6FAB93 #95C1B0 #BCD8CD #E3EFEA #ECF4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#BCD8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#BCD8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD8CD

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD8CD	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.033 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4dc',
    500: '#bcd8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd8cd;
$custom-light: #d0e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.429,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85848,
    "c": 0.03343,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD8CD

secondary

#AE8A98

accent

#4168A5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD8CD

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

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