#BCD9EA#BCD9EA

#BCD9EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.039 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD9EA
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 234)
HSL	hsl(202, 52%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(202, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.13, -6.02, -11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.13, 13.02, 242.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.94% -0.023 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(86.94% 0.039 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.3992, 66.2559, 87.4323)
Luminance	0.6626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD9EA #EACDBC

analogous

#BCEAE4 #BCD9EA #BCC2EA

triadic

#BCD9EA #EABCD9 #D9EABC

tetradic

#BCD9EA #E4BCEA #EACDBC #C2EABC

square

#BCD9EA #E4BCEA #EACDBC #C2EABC

split-complementary

#BCD9EA #EABCC2 #EAE4BC

monochromatic

#5FA4CD #8DBFDB #BCD9EA #E8F2F8 #E8F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BCD9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#BCD9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD9EA

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD9EA	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDEDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.039 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4f0',
    500: '#bcd9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd9ea;
$custom-light: #d0e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.174,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8694,
    "c": 0.03886,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD9EA

secondary

#C69D84

accent

#5F26C0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD9EA

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

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