#BCD8D8#BCD8D8

#BCD8D8 is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.030 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD8D8
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 216)
HSL	hsl(180, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(180, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -9.25, -3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 9.77, 198.71°)
OKLab	oklab(86.17% -0.0286 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(86.17% 0.03 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.6865, 64.7596, 74.4130)
Luminance	0.6476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD8D8 #D8BCBC

analogous

#BCD8CA #BCD8D8 #BCCAD8

triadic

#BCD8D8 #D8BCD8 #D8D8BC

tetradic

#BCD8D8 #CABCD8 #D8BCBC #CAD8BC

square

#BCD8D8 #CABCD8 #D8BCBC #CAD8BC

split-complementary

#BCD8D8 #D8BCCA #D8CABC

monochromatic

#6FABAB #95C1C1 #BCD8D8 #E3EFEF #ECF4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#BCD8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#BCD8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD8D8

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD8D8	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D5D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4DAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.030 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4e4',
    500: '#bcd8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd8d8;
$custom-light: #d0e4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86167,
    "c": 0.0298,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD8D8

secondary

#AE8A8A

accent

#4141A5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD8D8

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

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