#BCDCEC#BCDCEC

#BCDCEC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.040 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDCEC
RGB	rgb(188, 220, 236)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(200, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.97, -7.15, -11.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.97, 13.40, 237.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.63% -0.0263 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(87.63% 0.04 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.4684, 67.9320, 89.2142)
Luminance	0.6793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDCEC #ECCCBC

analogous

#BCECE4 #BCDCEC #BCC4EC

triadic

#BCDCEC #ECBCDC #DCECBC

tetradic

#BCDCEC #E4BCEC #ECCCBC #C4ECBC

square

#BCDCEC #E4BCEC #ECCCBC #C4ECBC

split-complementary

#BCDCEC #ECBCC4 #ECE4BC

monochromatic

#5DAAD1 #8CC3DE #BCDCEC #E7F3F8 #E7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#BCDCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#BCDCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDCEC

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDCEC	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4DAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFE1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 220, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.040 229.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87627,
    "c": 0.04046,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDCEC

secondary

#C99B83

accent

#5822C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDCEC

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

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