#BCD8ED#BCD8ED

#BCD8ED is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.042 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD8ED
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 237)
HSL	hsl(206, 58%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(206, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, -4.86, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 14.24, 250.06°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.0206 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.042 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.5769, 65.9158, 89.6357)
Luminance	0.6592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD8ED #EDD1BC

analogous

#BCEDE9 #BCD8ED #BCBFED

triadic

#BCD8ED #EDBCD8 #D8EDBC

tetradic

#BCD8ED #E9BCED #EDD1BC #BFEDBC

square

#BCD8ED #E9BCED #EDD1BC #BFEDBC

split-complementary

#BCD8ED #EDBCBF #EDE9BC

monochromatic

#5CA0D3 #8CBCE0 #BCD8ED #E7F1F9 #E7F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BCD8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#BCD8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD8ED

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD8ED	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDDDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.042 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4f2',
    500: '#bcd8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd8ed;
$custom-light: #d0e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86833,
    "c": 0.04178,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD8ED

secondary

#CAA283

accent

#6720C5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141517

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD8ED

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

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