#BCDCE5#BCDCE5

#BCDCE5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.036 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDCE5
RGB	rgb(188, 220, 229)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(193, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.77, -8.64, -7.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.77, 11.73, 222.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.4% -0.0289 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(87.4% 0.036 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.4713, 67.5332, 83.9627)
Luminance	0.6754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDCE5 #E5C5BC

analogous

#BCE5DA #BCDCE5 #BCC8E5

triadic

#BCDCE5 #E5BCDC #DCE5BC

tetradic

#BCDCE5 #DABCE5 #E5C5BC #C8E5BC

square

#BCDCE5 #DABCE5 #E5C5BC #C8E5BC

split-complementary

#BCDCE5 #E5BCC8 #E5DABC

monochromatic

#64AEC3 #90C5D4 #BCDCE5 #E8F3F6 #E9F3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BCDCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#BCDCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDCE5

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDCE5	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFD4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0E0DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 220, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.036 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6ed',
    500: '#bcdce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdce5;
$custom-light: #d0e6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.171,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87403,
    "c": 0.03604,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDCE5

secondary

#BF9386

accent

#4C2EB7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141616

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDCE5

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

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