#BCDEE9#BCDEE9

#BCDEE9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.039 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDEE9
RGB	rgb(188, 222, 233)
HSL	hsl(195, 51%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(195, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 4.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.41, -8.82, -9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.41, 12.67, 225.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.95% -0.0301 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(87.95% 0.039 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.5643, 68.8152, 87.1140)
Luminance	0.6882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDEE9 #E9C7BC

analogous

#BCE9DE #BCDEE9 #BCC7E9

triadic

#BCDEE9 #E9BCDE #DEE9BC

tetradic

#BCDEE9 #DEBCE9 #E9C7BC #C7E9BC

square

#BCDEE9 #DEBCE9 #E9C7BC #C7E9BC

split-complementary

#BCDEE9 #E9BCC7 #E9DEBC

monochromatic

#60B1CB #8EC7DA #BCDEE9 #E8F4F7 #E8F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BCDEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#BCDEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDEE9

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDEE9	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DCEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFE2E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 222, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.039 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e8f0',
    500: '#bcdee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdee9;
$custom-light: #d0e8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.667,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87946,
    "c": 0.03889,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDEE9

secondary

#C59485

accent

#4C28BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDEE9

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

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