#BCDAE6#BCDAE6

#BCDAE6 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.036 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDAE6
RGB	rgb(188, 218, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(197, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 5.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.27, -7.39, -9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.27, 11.80, 231.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.0259 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.036 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.0896, 66.5457, 84.5262)
Luminance	0.6655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDAE6 #E6C8BC

analogous

#BCE6DD #BCDAE6 #BCC5E6

triadic

#BCDAE6 #E6BCDA #DAE6BC

tetradic

#BCDAE6 #DDBCE6 #E6C8BC #C5E6BC

square

#BCDAE6 #DDBCE6 #E6C8BC #C5E6BC

split-complementary

#BCDAE6 #E6BCC5 #E6DDBC

monochromatic

#63A9C5 #8FC1D5 #BCDAE6 #E9F3F7 #E9F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BCDAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#BCDAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDAE6

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDAE6	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0DEDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 218, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.036 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e5ed',
    500: '#bcdae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdae6;
$custom-light: #d0e5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87018,
    "c": 0.03592,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDAE6

secondary

#C09786

accent

#552DB9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDAE6

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

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