#BCE4E8#BCE4E8

#BCE4E8 is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.042 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCE4E8
RGB	rgb(188, 228, 232)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(185, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 1.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.97, -12.09, -6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.97, 13.62, 207.38°)
OKLab	oklab(89.17% -0.0384 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(89.17% 0.042 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.0439, 72.0023, 86.9045)
Luminance	0.7200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCE4E8 #E8C0BC

analogous

#BCE8D6 #BCE4E8 #BCCEE8

triadic

#BCE4E8 #E8BCE4 #E4E8BC

tetradic

#BCE4E8 #D6BCE8 #E8C0BC #CEE8BC

square

#BCE4E8 #D6BCE8 #E8C0BC #CEE8BC

split-complementary

#BCE4E8 #E8BCCE #E8D6BC

monochromatic

#61BFC9 #8ED2D8 #BCE4E8 #E8F6F7 #E8F6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#BCE4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#BCE4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCE4E8

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCE4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCE4E8	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEE0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5DAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFE7E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bce4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 228, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.042 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ecef',
    500: '#bce4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bce4e8;
$custom-light: #d0ecef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bce4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8917,
    "c": 0.04198,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCE4E8

secondary

#C38B85

accent

#3729BC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFDFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCE4E8

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

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