#BCDBE8#BCDBE8

#BCDBE8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.037 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDBE8
RGB	rgb(188, 219, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 49%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(198, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 5.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.59, -7.49, -9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.59, 12.32, 232.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0265 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.037 225)
XYZ	xyz(60.6321, 67.1789, 86.1006)
Luminance	0.6718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDBE8 #E8C9BC

analogous

#BCE8DF #BCDBE8 #BCC5E8

triadic

#BCDBE8 #E8BCDB #DBE8BC

tetradic

#BCDBE8 #DFBCE8 #E8C9BC #C5E8BC

square

#BCDBE8 #DFBCE8 #E8C9BC #C5E8BC

split-complementary

#BCDBE8 #E8BCC5 #E8DFBC

monochromatic

#61AAC9 #8EC3D8 #BCDBE8 #E8F3F7 #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BCDBE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#BCDBE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDBE8

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDBE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDBE8	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0DFDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdbe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 219, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.037 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6ef',
    500: '#bcdbe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdbe8;
$custom-light: #d0e6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdbe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8729,
    "c": 0.03746,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.67181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDBE8

secondary

#C39785

accent

#5529BC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDBE8

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

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