#BCD9CD#BCD9CD

#BCD9CD is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.035 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD9CD
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 205)
HSL	hsl(155, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(155, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.34, -11.92, 2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.34, 12.22, 167.37°)
OKLab	oklab(86.06% -0.0343 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(86.06% 0.035 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.5687, 64.7237, 67.2583)
Luminance	0.6472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD9CD #D9BCC8

analogous

#BCD9BF #BCD9CD #BCD7D9

triadic

#BCD9CD #CDBCD9 #D9CDBC

tetradic

#BCD9CD #BFBCD9 #D9BCC8 #D7D9BC

square

#BCD9CD #BFBCD9 #D9BCC8 #D7D9BC

split-complementary

#BCD9CD #D9BCD7 #D9BFBC

monochromatic

#6EAD93 #95C3B0 #BCD9CD #E3EFEA #EBF4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#BCD9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#BCD9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD9CD

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD9CD	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7D5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2D1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6D9D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.035 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4dc',
    500: '#bcd9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd9cd;
$custom-light: #d0e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.172,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86059,
    "c": 0.03497,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD9CD

secondary

#B08A99

accent

#3F6AA6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD9CD

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

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