#BCD9EC#BCD9EC

#BCD9EC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.041 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD9EC
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(204, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -5.59, -12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 13.70, 245.91°)
OKLab	oklab(87.01% -0.0223 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(87.01% 0.041 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.6881, 66.3715, 88.9541)
Luminance	0.6637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD9EC #ECCFBC

analogous

#BCECE7 #BCD9EC #BCC1EC

triadic

#BCD9EC #ECBCD9 #D9ECBC

tetradic

#BCD9EC #E7BCEC #ECCFBC #C1ECBC

square

#BCD9EC #E7BCEC #ECCFBC #C1ECBC

split-complementary

#BCD9EC #ECBCC1 #ECE7BC

monochromatic

#5DA3D1 #8CBEDE #BCD9EC #E7F1F8 #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BCD9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#BCD9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD9EC

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD9EC	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.041 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4f2',
    500: '#bcd9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd9ec;
$custom-light: #d0e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.75,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87006,
    "c": 0.04062,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD9EC

secondary

#C99F83

accent

#6222C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD9EC

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

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