#BCD8DE#BCD8DE

#BCD8DE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.031 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD8DE
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 34%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(191, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.52, -8.03, -6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.52, 10.07, 217.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.0262 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.031 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.4764, 65.0756, 78.5730)
Luminance	0.6508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD8DE #DEC2BC

analogous

#BCDED3 #BCD8DE #BCC7DE

triadic

#BCD8DE #DEBCD8 #D8DEBC

tetradic

#BCD8DE #D3BCDE #DEC2BC #C7DEBC

square

#BCD8DE #D3BCDE #DEC2BC #C7DEBC

split-complementary

#BCD8DE #DEBCC7 #DED3BC

monochromatic

#6AA8B6 #93C0CA #BCD8DE #E5F0F2 #EAF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#BCD8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#BCD8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD8DE

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD8DE	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3DBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.031 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4e8',
    500: '#bcd8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd8de;
$custom-light: #d0e4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8635,
    "c": 0.03095,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD8DE

secondary

#B69088

accent

#4D39AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD8DE

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

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