#BCD9EB#BCD9EB

#BCD9EB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.040 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD9EB
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 235)
HSL	hsl(203, 54%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(203, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 7.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.16, -5.81, -12.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.16, 13.35, 244.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0227 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.04 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.5433, 66.3135, 88.1911)
Luminance	0.6632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD9EB #EBCEBC

analogous

#BCEBE5 #BCD9EB #BCC1EB

triadic

#BCD9EB #EBBCD9 #D9EBBC

tetradic

#BCD9EB #E5BCEB #EBCEBC #C1EBBC

square

#BCD9EB #E5BCEB #EBCEBC #C1EBBC

split-complementary

#BCD9EB #EBBCC1 #EBE5BC

monochromatic

#5EA4CF #8DBEDD #BCD9EB #E7F2F8 #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BCD9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#BCD9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD9EB

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD9EB	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.040 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4f1',
    500: '#bcd9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd9eb;
$custom-light: #d0e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.979,
    "s": 54.023,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86973,
    "c": 0.03972,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD9EB

secondary

#C79E84

accent

#6024C1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD9EB

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

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