#BCDCE4#BCDCE4

#BCDCE4 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.036 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDCE4
RGB	rgb(188, 220, 228)
HSL	hsl(192, 43%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(192, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 3.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, -8.85, -7.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 11.56, 220.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.0293 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.036 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.3321, 67.4775, 83.2295)
Luminance	0.6748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDCE4 #E4C4BC

analogous

#BCE4D8 #BCDCE4 #BCC8E4

triadic

#BCDCE4 #E4BCDC #DCE4BC

tetradic

#BCDCE4 #D8BCE4 #E4C4BC #C8E4BC

square

#BCDCE4 #D8BCE4 #E4C4BC #C8E4BC

split-complementary

#BCDCE4 #E4BCC8 #E4D8BC

monochromatic

#65AEC1 #90C5D2 #BCDCE4 #E8F3F6 #E9F4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BCDCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#BCDCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDCE4

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDCE4	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFD4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1DFDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 220, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.036 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6ec',
    500: '#bcdce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdce4;
$custom-light: #d0e6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 42.553,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87371,
    "c": 0.03558,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDCE4

secondary

#BE9186

accent

#4B30B6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141616

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDCE4

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

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