#BCDDE9#BCDDE9

#BCDDE9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.039 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDDE9
RGB	rgb(188, 221, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(196, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 5.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.15, -8.31, -9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.15, 12.61, 228.80°)
OKLab	oklab(87.74% -0.0287 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(87.74% 0.039 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.2995, 68.2856, 87.0257)
Luminance	0.6829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDDE9 #E9C8BC

analogous

#BCE9DF #BCDDE9 #BCC6E9

triadic

#BCDDE9 #E9BCDD #DDE9BC

tetradic

#BCDDE9 #DFBCE9 #E9C8BC #C6E9BC

square

#BCDDE9 #DFBCE9 #E9C8BC #C6E9BC

split-complementary

#BCDDE9 #E9BCC6 #E9DFBC

monochromatic

#60AECB #8EC6DA #BCDDE9 #E8F3F7 #E8F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#BCDDE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#BCDDE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDDE9

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDDE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDDE9	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFD5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFE1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdde9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 221, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.039 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e7f0',
    500: '#bcdde9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdde9;
$custom-light: #d0e7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdde9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87738,
    "c": 0.03857,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDDE9

secondary

#C59685

accent

#5028BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDDE9

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

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