#BCDDEA#BCDDEA

#BCDDEA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.039 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDDEA
RGB	rgb(188, 221, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 52%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(197, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 5.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.18, -8.09, -9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.18, 12.84, 230.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.77% -0.0284 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(87.77% 0.039 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.4427, 68.3429, 87.7802)
Luminance	0.6835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDDEA #EAC9BC

analogous

#BCEAE0 #BCDDEA #BCC6EA

triadic

#BCDDEA #EABCDD #DDEABC

tetradic

#BCDDEA #E0BCEA #EAC9BC #C6EABC

square

#BCDDEA #E0BCEA #EAC9BC #C6EABC

split-complementary

#BCDDEA #EABCC6 #EAE0BC

monochromatic

#5FAECD #8DC5DB #BCDDEA #E8F3F8 #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#BCDDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#BCDDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDDEA

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDDEA	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFE1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcddea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 221, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.039 223.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcddea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8777,
    "c": 0.03919,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDDEA

secondary

#C69784

accent

#5126C0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDDEA

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

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