#BCD8EA#BCD8EA

#BCD8EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.039 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD8EA
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(203, 52%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(203, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -5.50, -11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 13.14, 245.23°)
OKLab	oklab(86.73% -0.0217 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(86.73% 0.039 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.1422, 65.7419, 87.3467)
Luminance	0.6574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD8EA #EACEBC

analogous

#BCEAE5 #BCD8EA #BCC1EA

triadic

#BCD8EA #EABCD8 #D8EABC

tetradic

#BCD8EA #E5BCEA #EACEBC #C1EABC

square

#BCD8EA #E5BCEA #EACEBC #C1EABC

split-complementary

#BCD8EA #EABCC1 #EAE5BC

monochromatic

#5FA2CD #8DBDDB #BCD8EA #E8F1F8 #E8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BCD8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#BCD8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD8EA

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD8EA	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0DDDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.039 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4f0',
    500: '#bcd8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd8ea;
$custom-light: #d0e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86734,
    "c": 0.03896,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD8EA

secondary

#C69E84

accent

#6226C0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD8EA

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

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