#BCD9DC#BCD9DC

#BCD9DC is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.031 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD9DC
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 220)
HSL	hsl(186, 31%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(186, 15%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.73, -8.96, -4.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.73, 10.12, 207.72°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0284 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.031 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.4669, 65.4829, 77.2553)
Luminance	0.6548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD9DC #DCBFBC

analogous

#BCDCCF #BCD9DC #BCC9DC

triadic

#BCD9DC #DCBCD9 #D9DCBC

tetradic

#BCD9DC #CFBCDC #DCBFBC #C9DCBC

square

#BCD9DC #CFBCDC #DCBFBC #C9DCBC

split-complementary

#BCD9DC #DCBCC9 #DCCFBC

monochromatic

#6CABB2 #94C2C7 #BCD9DC #E4F0F1 #EBF4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BCD9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#BCD9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD9DC

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD9DC	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.031 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4e6',
    500: '#bcd9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd9dc;
$custom-light: #d0e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.625,
    "s": 31.373,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86498,
    "c": 0.03109,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD9DC

secondary

#B38D89

accent

#463BAA

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD9DC

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

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