#BCDCE8#BCDCE8

#BCDCE8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.038 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDCE8
RGB	rgb(188, 220, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(196, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 5.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.86, -8.00, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.86, 12.34, 229.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0278 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.038 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.8938, 67.7022, 86.1878)
Luminance	0.6770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDCE8 #E8C8BC

analogous

#BCE8DE #BCDCE8 #BCC6E8

triadic

#BCDCE8 #E8BCDC #DCE8BC

tetradic

#BCDCE8 #DEBCE8 #E8C8BC #C6E8BC

square

#BCDCE8 #DEBCE8 #E8C8BC #C6E8BC

split-complementary

#BCDCE8 #E8BCC6 #E8DEBC

monochromatic

#61ACC9 #8EC4D8 #BCDCE8 #E8F3F7 #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#BCDCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#BCDCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDCE8

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDCE8	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0E0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 220, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.038 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6ef',
    500: '#bcdce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdce8;
$custom-light: #d0e6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87498,
    "c": 0.03769,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDCE8

secondary

#C39685

accent

#5129BC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDCE8

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

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