#BCD8EB#BCD8EB

#BCD8EB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.040 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD8EB
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 235)
HSL	hsl(204, 54%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(204, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.89, -5.29, -12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.89, 13.49, 246.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.0213 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.04 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.2863, 65.7996, 88.1054)
Luminance	0.6580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD8EB #EBCFBC

analogous

#BCEBE6 #BCD8EB #BCC0EB

triadic

#BCD8EB #EBBCD8 #D8EBBC

tetradic

#BCD8EB #E6BCEB #EBCFBC #C0EBBC

square

#BCD8EB #E6BCEB #EBCFBC #C0EBBC

split-complementary

#BCD8EB #EBBCC0 #EBE6BC

monochromatic

#5EA1CF #8DBDDD #BCD8EB #E7F1F8 #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BCD8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#BCD8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD8EB

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD8EB	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDDDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.040 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4f1',
    500: '#bcd8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd8eb;
$custom-light: #d0e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.255,
    "s": 54.023,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86766,
    "c": 0.03988,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD8EB

secondary

#C79F84

accent

#6424C1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD8EB

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

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