#BCDAE9#BCDAE9

#BCDAE9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.038 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDAE9
RGB	rgb(188, 218, 233)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(200, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, -6.76, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 12.62, 237.64°)
OKLab	oklab(87.12% -0.0248 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(87.12% 0.038 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.5145, 66.7156, 86.7641)
Luminance	0.6672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDAE9 #E9CBBC

analogous

#BCE9E2 #BCDAE9 #BCC3E9

triadic

#BCDAE9 #E9BCDA #DAE9BC

tetradic

#BCDAE9 #E2BCE9 #E9CBBC #C3E9BC

square

#BCDAE9 #E2BCE9 #E9CBBC #C3E9BC

split-complementary

#BCDAE9 #E9BCC3 #E9E2BC

monochromatic

#60A7CB #8EC1DA #BCDAE9 #E8F2F7 #E8F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BCDAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#BCDAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDAE9

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDAE9	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0DEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 218, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.038 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e5f0',
    500: '#bcdae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdae9;
$custom-light: #d0e5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87115,
    "c": 0.03805,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDAE9

secondary

#C59A85

accent

#5A28BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDAE9

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

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