#BCD8EC#BCD8EC

#BCD8EC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.041 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD8EC
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 236)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(205, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -5.07, -12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 13.86, 248.53°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.021 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.041 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.4312, 65.8575, 88.8684)
Luminance	0.6586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD8EC #ECD0BC

analogous

#BCECE8 #BCD8EC #BCC0EC

triadic

#BCD8EC #ECBCD8 #D8ECBC

tetradic

#BCD8EC #E8BCEC #ECD0BC #C0ECBC

square

#BCD8EC #E8BCEC #ECD0BC #C0ECBC

split-complementary

#BCD8EC #ECBCC0 #ECE8BC

monochromatic

#5DA0D1 #8CBCDE #BCD8EC #E7F1F8 #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BCD8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#BCD8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD8EC

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD8EC	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDDDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.041 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4f2',
    500: '#bcd8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd8ec;
$custom-light: #d0e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.868,
    "c": 0.04081,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD8EC

secondary

#C9A083

accent

#6522C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD8EC

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

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