#BCDBE4#BCDBE4

#BCDBE4 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.035 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDBE4
RGB	rgb(188, 219, 228)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(194, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -8.33, -7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 11.44, 223.25°)
OKLab	oklab(87.16% -0.028 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(87.16% 0.035 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.0704, 66.9542, 83.1423)
Luminance	0.6696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDBE4 #E4C5BC

analogous

#BCE4D9 #BCDBE4 #BCC7E4

triadic

#BCDBE4 #E4BCDB #DBE4BC

tetradic

#BCDBE4 #D9BCE4 #E4C5BC #C7E4BC

square

#BCDBE4 #D9BCE4 #E4C5BC #C7E4BC

split-complementary

#BCDBE4 #E4BCC7 #E4D9BC

monochromatic

#65ACC1 #90C4D2 #BCDBE4 #E8F2F6 #E9F3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BCDBE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#BCDBE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDBE4

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDBE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDBE4	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1DFDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdbe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 219, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.035 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6ec',
    500: '#bcdbe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdbe4;
$custom-light: #d0e6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdbe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 42.553,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87163,
    "c": 0.03511,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDBE4

secondary

#BE9386

accent

#4E30B6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDBE4

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

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