#BCD8CE#BCD8CE

#BCD8CE is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.033 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD8CE
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 206)
HSL	hsl(159, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(159, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 4.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.10, -11.22, 1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.10, 11.36, 170.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0325 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.033 172)
XYZ	xyz(56.4328, 64.2582, 67.8104)
Luminance	0.6426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD8CE #D8BCC6

analogous

#BCD8C0 #BCD8CE #BCD4D8

triadic

#BCD8CE #CEBCD8 #D8CEBC

tetradic

#BCD8CE #C0BCD8 #D8BCC6 #D4D8BC

square

#BCD8CE #C0BCD8 #D8BCC6 #D4D8BC

split-complementary

#BCD8CE #D8BCD4 #D8C0BC

monochromatic

#6FAB95 #95C1B2 #BCD8CE #E3EFEA #ECF4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#BCD8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#BCD8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD8CE

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD8CE	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6D9D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.033 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4dc',
    500: '#bcd8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd8ce;
$custom-light: #d0e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.571,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85876,
    "c": 0.03283,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.64259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD8CE

secondary

#AE8A97

accent

#4164A5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD8CE

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

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