#BCDEE5#BCDEE5

#BCDEE5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.037 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDEE5
RGB	rgb(188, 222, 229)
HSL	hsl(190, 44%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(190, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.30, -9.66, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.30, 12.02, 216.50°)
OKLab	oklab(87.82% -0.0316 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(87.82% 0.037 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.9994, 68.5893, 84.1387)
Luminance	0.6859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDEE5 #E5C3BC

analogous

#BCE5D8 #BCDEE5 #BCCAE5

triadic

#BCDEE5 #E5BCDE #DEE5BC

tetradic

#BCDEE5 #D8BCE5 #E5C3BC #CAE5BC

square

#BCDEE5 #D8BCE5 #E5C3BC #CAE5BC

split-complementary

#BCDEE5 #E5BCCA #E5D8BC

monochromatic

#64B3C3 #90C8D4 #BCDEE5 #E8F4F6 #E9F4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#BCDEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#BCDEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDEE5

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDEE5	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0E1E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 222, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.037 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e8ed',
    500: '#bcdee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdee5;
$custom-light: #d0e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.244,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8782,
    "c": 0.03706,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDEE5

secondary

#BF9086

accent

#462EB7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141616

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDEE5

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

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