#BCE9FF#BCE9FF

#BCE9FF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.055 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCE9FF
RGB	rgb(188, 233, 255)
HSL	hsl(200, 100%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(200, 26%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.95, -9.64, -15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.95, 18.15, 237.91°)
OKLab	oklab(90.95% -0.0362 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(90.95% 0.055 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.9226, 76.1865, 105.7150)
Luminance	0.7619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCE9FF #FFD2BC

analogous

#BCFFF3 #BCE9FF #BCC8FF

triadic

#BCE9FF #FFBCE9 #E9FFBC

tetradic

#BCE9FF #F3BCFF #FFD2BC #C8FFBC

square

#BCE9FF #F3BCFF #FFD2BC #C8FFBC

split-complementary

#BCE9FF #FFBCC8 #FFF3BC

monochromatic

#42C1FF #7FD5FF #BCE9FF #E0F5FF #E0F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#BCE9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#BCE9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCE9FF

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCE9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCE9FF	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEE7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4DFFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8EFF0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bce9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 233, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.055 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1f0ff',
    500: '#bce9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bce9ff;
$custom-light: #d1f0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bce9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.701,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90952,
    "c": 0.05541,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCE9FF

secondary

#E79D78

accent

#4B00E6

background

#FEFFFF

surface

#FBFEFF

border

#D4D6D7

text

#141618

muted

#838586

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCE9FF

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

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