#BCD8EF#BCD8EF

#BCD8EF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.044 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD8EF
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 239)
HSL	hsl(207, 61%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(207, 21%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.01, -4.42, -14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.01, 15.02, 252.89°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.0199 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.044 243)
XYZ	xyz(60.8707, 66.0333, 91.1832)
Luminance	0.6603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD8EF #EFD3BC

analogous

#BCEFEC #BCD8EF #BCBEEF

triadic

#BCD8EF #EFBCD8 #D8EFBC

tetradic

#BCD8EF #ECBCEF #EFD3BC #BEEFBC

square

#BCD8EF #ECBCEF #EFD3BC #BEEFBC

split-complementary

#BCD8EF #EFBCBE #EFECBC

monochromatic

#599ED7 #8BBBE3 #BCD8EF #E6F1F9 #E6F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BCD8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#BCD8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD8EF

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD8EF	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8D2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.044 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4f4',
    500: '#bcd8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd8ef;
$custom-light: #d0e4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.059,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.869,
    "c": 0.04379,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.66035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD8EF

secondary

#CDA482

accent

#6A1CC9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141517

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD8EF

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

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