#BCDED9#BCDED9

#BCDED9 is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.036 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDED9
RGB	rgb(188, 222, 217)
HSL	hsl(171, 34%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(171, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 0%, 2.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.98, -12.12, -1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.98, 12.19, 186.08°)
OKLab	oklab(87.46% -0.0363 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(87.46% 0.036 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.3815, 67.9421, 75.6177)
Luminance	0.6794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDED9 #DEBCC1

analogous

#BCDEC8 #BCDED9 #BCD2DE

triadic

#BCDED9 #D9BCDE #DED9BC

tetradic

#BCDED9 #C8BCDE #DEBCC1 #D2DEBC

square

#BCDED9 #C8BCDE #DEBCC1 #D2DEBC

split-complementary

#BCDED9 #DEBCD2 #DEC8BC

monochromatic

#6AB6AA #93CAC2 #BCDED9 #E5F2F0 #EAF5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#BCDED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#BCDED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDED9

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDED9	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)

#DADAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4D5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3E0DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcded9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 222, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.036 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e8e4',
    500: '#bcded9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcded9;
$custom-light: #d0e8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcded9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.176,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87458,
    "c": 0.03645,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDED9

secondary

#B6888F

accent

#394AAD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141615

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDED9

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

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