#BCDCE9#BCDCE9

#BCDCE9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.038 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDCE9
RGB	rgb(188, 220, 233)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(197, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 5.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.89, -7.79, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.89, 12.58, 231.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.53% -0.0274 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(87.53% 0.038 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.0363, 67.7592, 86.9380)
Luminance	0.6776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDCE9 #E9C9BC

analogous

#BCE9DF #BCDCE9 #BCC6E9

triadic

#BCDCE9 #E9BCDC #DCE9BC

tetradic

#BCDCE9 #DFBCE9 #E9C9BC #C6E9BC

square

#BCDCE9 #DFBCE9 #E9C9BC #C6E9BC

split-complementary

#BCDCE9 #E9BCC6 #E9DFBC

monochromatic

#60ACCB #8EC4DA #BCDCE9 #E8F3F7 #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#BCDCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#BCDCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDCE9

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDCE9	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFE0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 220, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.038 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6f0',
    500: '#bcdce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdce9;
$custom-light: #d0e6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.333,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8753,
    "c": 0.03832,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDCE9

secondary

#C59785

accent

#5328BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDCE9

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

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