#BCD9FF#BCD9FF

#BCD9FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.061 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD9FF
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 255)
HSL	hsl(214, 100%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(214, 26%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.77, -1.36, -21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.77, 21.71, 266.42°)
OKLab	oklab(87.66% -0.0156 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(87.66% 0.061 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.5968, 67.5349, 104.2731)
Luminance	0.6754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD9FF #FFE2BC

analogous

#BCFAFF #BCD9FF #C1BCFF

triadic

#BCD9FF #FFBCD9 #D9FFBC

tetradic

#BCD9FF #FFBCFA #FFE2BC #BCFFC1

square

#BCD9FF #FFBCFA #FFE2BC #BCFFC1

split-complementary

#BCD9FF #FFC1BC #FAFFBC

monochromatic

#4294FF #7FB6FF #BCD9FF #E0EEFF #E0EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BCD9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#BCD9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD9FF

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD9FF	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCDAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4D4FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9E1E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.061 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e4ff',
    500: '#bcd9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd9ff;
$custom-light: #d1e4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.03,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87663,
    "c": 0.06129,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD9FF

secondary

#E7B778

accent

#8200E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFF

border

#D4D5D7

text

#141518

muted

#838486

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD9FF

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

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