#BCD9C8#BCD9C8

#BCD9C8 is a very light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.039 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD9C8
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 200)
HSL	hsl(145, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(145, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 7.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -12.87, 5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 13.86, 158.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.0363 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.039 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9748, 64.4861, 64.1304)
Luminance	0.6449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD9C8 #D9BCCD

analogous

#BFD9BC #BCD9C8 #BCD9D7

triadic

#BCD9C8 #C8BCD9 #D9C8BC

tetradic

#BCD9C8 #BCBFD9 #D9BCCD #D9D7BC

square

#BCD9C8 #BCBFD9 #D9BCCD #D9D7BC

split-complementary

#BCD9C8 #D7BCD9 #D9BCBF

monochromatic

#6EAD88 #95C3A8 #BCD9C8 #E3EFE8 #EBF4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#BCD9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#BCD9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD9C8

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD9C8	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D4C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3D1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7D9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.039 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4d8',
    500: '#bcd9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd9c8;
$custom-light: #d0e4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.828,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8592,
    "c": 0.03868,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD9C8

secondary

#B08AA0

accent

#3F7CA6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#141514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD9C8

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

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