#BCDBEC#BCDBEC

#BCDBEC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.040 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDBEC
RGB	rgb(188, 219, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(201, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.71, -6.63, -11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.71, 13.47, 240.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.025 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.04 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.2068, 67.4087, 89.1270)
Luminance	0.6741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDBEC #ECCDBC

analogous

#BCECE5 #BCDBEC #BCC3EC

triadic

#BCDBEC #ECBCDB #DBECBC

tetradic

#BCDBEC #E5BCEC #ECCDBC #C3ECBC

square

#BCDBEC #E5BCEC #ECCDBC #C3ECBC

split-complementary

#BCDBEC #ECBCC3 #ECE5BC

monochromatic

#5DA8D1 #8CC1DE #BCDBEC #E7F2F8 #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BCDBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#BCDBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDBEC

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDBEC	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3DAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFE0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 219, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.040 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6f2',
    500: '#bcdbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdbec;
$custom-light: #d0e6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.25,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8742,
    "c": 0.04045,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDBEC

secondary

#C99C83

accent

#5B22C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDBEC

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

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