#BCD8CF#BCD8CF

#BCD8CF is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.032 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD8CF
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 207)
HSL	hsl(161, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(161, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 4.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -11.03, 1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 11.10, 173.29°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.0321 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.032 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.5547, 64.3069, 68.4522)
Luminance	0.6431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD8CF #D8BCC5

analogous

#BCD8C1 #BCD8CF #BCD3D8

triadic

#BCD8CF #CFBCD8 #D8CFBC

tetradic

#BCD8CF #C1BCD8 #D8BCC5 #D3D8BC

square

#BCD8CF #C1BCD8 #D8BCC5 #D3D8BC

split-complementary

#BCD8CF #D8BCD3 #D8C1BC

monochromatic

#6FAB98 #95C1B3 #BCD8CF #E3EFEB #ECF4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#BCD8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#BCD8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD8CF

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD8CF	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6D9D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.032 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4dd',
    500: '#bcd8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd8cf;
$custom-light: #d0e4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.714,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85904,
    "c": 0.03228,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD8CF

secondary

#AE8A96

accent

#4161A5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD8CF

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

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