#BCD9CF#BCD9CF

#BCD9CF is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.034 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD9CF
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 207)
HSL	hsl(159, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(159, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 4.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -11.54, 1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 11.66, 171.69°)
OKLab	oklab(86.12% -0.0335 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(86.12% 0.034 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.8117, 64.8209, 68.5379)
Luminance	0.6482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD9CF #D9BCC6

analogous

#BCD9C1 #BCD9CF #BCD5D9

triadic

#BCD9CF #CFBCD9 #D9CFBC

tetradic

#BCD9CF #C1BCD9 #D9BCC6 #D5D9BC

square

#BCD9CF #C1BCD9 #D9BCC6 #D5D9BC

split-complementary

#BCD9CF #D9BCD5 #D9C1BC

monochromatic

#6EAD97 #95C3B3 #BCD9CF #E3EFEB #EBF4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#BCD9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#BCD9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD9CF

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD9CF	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7D5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6DAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.034 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4dd',
    500: '#bcd9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd9cf;
$custom-light: #d0e4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.31,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86115,
    "c": 0.03375,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD9CF

secondary

#B08A97

accent

#3F63A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD9CF

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

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