#BCDBE9#BCDBE9

#BCDBE9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.038 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDBE9
RGB	rgb(188, 219, 233)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(199, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -7.27, -10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 12.58, 234.69°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.0261 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.038 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.7746, 67.2358, 86.8508)
Luminance	0.6724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDBE9 #E9CABC

analogous

#BCE9E1 #BCDBE9 #BCC4E9

triadic

#BCDBE9 #E9BCDB #DBE9BC

tetradic

#BCDBE9 #E1BCE9 #E9CABC #C4E9BC

square

#BCDBE9 #E1BCE9 #E9CABC #C4E9BC

split-complementary

#BCDBE9 #E9BCC4 #E9E1BC

monochromatic

#60A9CB #8EC2DA #BCDBE9 #E8F3F7 #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BCDBE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#BCDBE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDBE9

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDBE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDBE9	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDFDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdbe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 219, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.038 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6f0',
    500: '#bcdbe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdbe9;
$custom-light: #d0e6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdbe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.667,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87322,
    "c": 0.03815,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDBE9

secondary

#C59985

accent

#5628BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDBE9

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

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