#BCDAE8#BCDAE8

#BCDAE8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.037 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDAE8
RGB	rgb(188, 218, 232)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(199, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.33, -6.97, -10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.33, 12.33, 235.59°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.0251 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.037 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.3720, 66.6587, 86.0139)
Luminance	0.6666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDAE8 #E8CABC

analogous

#BCE8E0 #BCDAE8 #BCC4E8

triadic

#BCDAE8 #E8BCDA #DAE8BC

tetradic

#BCDAE8 #E0BCE8 #E8CABC #C4E8BC

square

#BCDAE8 #E0BCE8 #E8CABC #C4E8BC

split-complementary

#BCDAE8 #E8BCC4 #E8E0BC

monochromatic

#61A8C9 #8EC1D8 #BCDAE8 #E8F2F7 #E8F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BCDAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#BCDAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDAE8

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDAE8	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0DEDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 218, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.037 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e5ef',
    500: '#bcdae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdae8;
$custom-light: #d0e5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87082,
    "c": 0.0373,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDAE8

secondary

#C39985

accent

#5829BC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDAE8

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

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