#BCDBE5#BCDBE5

#BCDBE5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.036 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDBE5
RGB	rgb(188, 219, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(195, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 4.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -8.12, -8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 11.63, 225.70°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0276 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.036 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.2097, 67.0099, 83.8755)
Luminance	0.6701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDBE5 #E5C6BC

analogous

#BCE5DB #BCDBE5 #BCC7E5

triadic

#BCDBE5 #E5BCDB #DBE5BC

tetradic

#BCDBE5 #DBBCE5 #E5C6BC #C7E5BC

square

#BCDBE5 #DBBCE5 #E5C6BC #C7E5BC

split-complementary

#BCDBE5 #E5BCC7 #E5DBBC

monochromatic

#64ACC3 #90C3D4 #BCDBE5 #E8F3F6 #E9F3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BCDBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#BCDBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDBE5

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDBE5	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1DFDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 219, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.036 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6ed',
    500: '#bcdbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdbe5;
$custom-light: #d0e6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.634,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87194,
    "c": 0.03563,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDBE5

secondary

#BF9486

accent

#502EB7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDBE5

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

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