#BCD8E2#BCD8E2

#BCD8E2 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.033 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD8E2
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(196, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -7.20, -8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 10.79, 228.12°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0247 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.033 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.0188, 65.2926, 81.4300)
Luminance	0.6529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD8E2 #E2C6BC

analogous

#BCE2D9 #BCD8E2 #BCC5E2

triadic

#BCD8E2 #E2BCD8 #D8E2BC

tetradic

#BCD8E2 #D9BCE2 #E2C6BC #C5E2BC

square

#BCD8E2 #D9BCE2 #E2C6BC #C5E2BC

split-complementary

#BCD8E2 #E2BCC5 #E2D9BC

monochromatic

#67A6BD #91BFD0 #BCD8E2 #E7F1F4 #EAF3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BCD8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#BCD8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD8E2

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD8E2	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D6E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2DBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.033 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4eb',
    500: '#bcd8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd8e2;
$custom-light: #d0e4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 39.583,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86475,
    "c": 0.03291,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD8E2

secondary

#BB9587

accent

#5533B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD8E2

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

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