#BCDAE5#BCDAE5

#BCDAE5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.035 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDAE5
RGB	rgb(188, 218, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(196, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -7.61, -8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 11.57, 228.89°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0263 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.035 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.9496, 66.4897, 83.7888)
Luminance	0.6649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDAE5 #E5C7BC

analogous

#BCE5DC #BCDAE5 #BCC6E5

triadic

#BCDAE5 #E5BCDA #DAE5BC

tetradic

#BCDAE5 #DCBCE5 #E5C7BC #C6E5BC

square

#BCDAE5 #DCBCE5 #E5C7BC #C6E5BC

split-complementary

#BCDAE5 #E5BCC6 #E5DCBC

monochromatic

#64A9C3 #90C2D4 #BCDAE5 #E8F2F6 #E9F3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BCDAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#BCDAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDAE5

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDAE5	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1DEDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 218, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.035 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e5ed',
    500: '#bcdae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdae5;
$custom-light: #d0e5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86986,
    "c": 0.0353,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDAE5

secondary

#BF9586

accent

#532EB7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDAE5

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

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