#BCDEE8#BCDEE8

#BCDEE8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.038 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDEE8
RGB	rgb(188, 222, 232)
HSL	hsl(194, 49%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(194, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 4.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.38, -9.03, -8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.38, 12.48, 223.63°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% -0.0305 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.038 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.4218, 68.7583, 86.3638)
Luminance	0.6876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDEE8 #E8C6BC

analogous

#BCE8DC #BCDEE8 #BCC8E8

triadic

#BCDEE8 #E8BCDE #DEE8BC

tetradic

#BCDEE8 #DCBCE8 #E8C6BC #C8E8BC

square

#BCDEE8 #DCBCE8 #E8C6BC #C8E8BC

split-complementary

#BCDEE8 #E8BCC8 #E8DCBC

monochromatic

#61B1C9 #8EC8D8 #BCDEE8 #E8F4F7 #E8F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BCDEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#BCDEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDEE8

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDEE8	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFE2E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 222, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.038 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e8ef',
    500: '#bcdee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdee8;
$custom-light: #d0e8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87914,
    "c": 0.03837,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDEE8

secondary

#C39385

accent

#4B29BC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDEE8

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

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