#BCD9CE#BCD9CE

#BCD9CE is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.034 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD9CE
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 206)
HSL	hsl(157, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(157, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 5.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.37, -11.73, 2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.37, 11.93, 169.48°)
OKLab	oklab(86.09% -0.0339 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(86.09% 0.034 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.6898, 64.7721, 67.8961)
Luminance	0.6477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD9CE #D9BCC7

analogous

#BCD9C0 #BCD9CE #BCD6D9

triadic

#BCD9CE #CEBCD9 #D9CEBC

tetradic

#BCD9CE #C0BCD9 #D9BCC7 #D6D9BC

square

#BCD9CE #C0BCD9 #D9BCC7 #D6D9BC

split-complementary

#BCD9CE #D9BCD6 #D9C0BC

monochromatic

#6EAD95 #95C3B1 #BCD9CE #E3EFEB #EBF4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#BCD9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#BCD9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD9CE

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD9CE	1.00	1.50	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.50	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)

#D7D5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2D1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6DAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.034 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4dc',
    500: '#bcd9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd9ce;
$custom-light: #d0e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.241,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86087,
    "c": 0.03434,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD9CE

secondary

#B08A98

accent

#3F66A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD9CE

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

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