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cyan · cool

#bccfd7

a light, soft cyan · cool · closest name: Light Blue

Token name suggestion: Meadow Teal

RGB
188, 207, 215
HSL
198°, 25%, 79%
CMYK
13, 4, 0, 16
Luminance
0.6022

#bccfd7 is a light soft cyan, 198° on the wheel and 82/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.04:1). As text it scores 1.61:1 on white — use #547C8C instead. Nearest name is Light Blue, nearest Tailwind family is cyan.

hsl(198 25% 79%)rgb(188 207 215)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bccfd7 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bccfd7
Hue
198°
cyan
Saturation
25%
soft
Lightness
79%
light
Brightness
84%
HSV value
Perceived
79%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6022
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
82/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
13.04:1
Closest name
Light Blue
ΔE2000 6.5
Chroma
7.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.843
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
cyan
500 · ΔE 18.8
Web-safe
#CCCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue198° of 360°
Saturation25%
Lightness79%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bccfd7.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool82% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red18%
Green74%
Blue8%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#bccfd7
HEX (8-digit)#bccfd7ff
RGBrgb(188, 207, 215)
RGBArgba(188, 207, 215, 1)
HSLhsl(198, 25%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198, 13%, 84%)
HWBhwb(198 74% 16%)
CMYKcmyk(13%, 4%, 0%, 16%)
LABlab(82.0 -4.8 -6.1)
LCHlch(82.0 7.8 232.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.843 0.023 224.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(55.31, 60.22, 72.99)
Decimal12373975
Display P3color(display-p3 0.737 0.812 0.843)
Web-safe#CCCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bccfd7;
background-color: #bccfd7;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bccfd7;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bccfd7] bg-[#bccfd7]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bccfd7;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.812, blue: 0.843)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.737, green: 0.812, blue: 0.843, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BCCFD7</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBCCFD7)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBCCFD7)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(215, 207, 188)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(188, 207, 215)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(188, 207, 215)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 188, 207, 215)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7373f, 0.8118f, 0.8431f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{188,207,215}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bccfd7 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bccfd7 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#304650, #D9E4E8);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bccfd7 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6F8F9;
  --brand-100: #EDF1F3;
  --brand-200: #D6E1E5;
  --brand-300: #bccfd7;
  --brand-400: #96B3C0;
  --brand-500: #739AAB;
  --brand-600: #5C8799;
  --brand-700: #4C7080;
  --brand-800: #3D5A66;
  --brand-900: #2F434B;
  --brand-950: #1D2A2F;
  --brand: #bccfd7;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5F8F9;
  --brand-border: #CCDAE0;
  --brand-hover: #A6BFCA;
  --brand-pressed: #8FAFBC;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #151F23;
    --brand-ink: #D9E4E8;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F8F9',
        100: '#EDF1F3',
        200: '#D6E1E5',
        300: '#bccfd7',
        400: '#96B3C0',
        500: '#739AAB',
        600: '#5C8799',
        700: '#4C7080',
        800: '#3D5A66',
        900: '#2F434B',
        950: '#1D2A2F',
        DEFAULT: '#bccfd7',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F8F9,
  '100': #EDF1F3,
  '200': #D6E1E5,
  '300': #bccfd7,
  '400': #96B3C0,
  '500': #739AAB,
  '600': #5C8799,
  '700': #4C7080,
  '800': #3D5A66,
  '900': #2F434B,
  '950': #1D2A2F,
);
$brand-base: #bccfd7;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F8F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDF1F3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D6E1E5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#bccfd7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#96B3C0", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#739AAB", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#5C8799", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4C7080", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3D5A66", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2F434B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1D2A2F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #bccfd7 · 13.04:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.61:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.04:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #bccfd7 as text scores 1.61:1 on white and 13.04:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #304650 at 6.16:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#547C8C · 4.53:1
AA on white−35% L
#547C8C
The quick fox
#3F5D69 · 7.04:1
AAA on white−46% L
#3F5D69
The quick fox
#bccfd7 · 13.04:1
AA on blackalready passes
#bccfd7
The quick fox
#bccfd7 · 13.04:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#bccfd7

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #739AAB is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bccfd7 on white: 1.61:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bccfd7 on black: 13.04:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bccfd7 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bccfd7.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.61:1AaAa
Slate 501.54:1AaAa
Slate 1001.47:1AaAa
Slate 2001.31:1AaAa
Slate 3001.08:1AaAa
Slate 4001.59:1AaAa
Slate 5002.96:1AaAa
Slate 6004.71:1AaAa
Slate 7006.43:1AaAa
Slate 8009.09:1AaAa
Slate 90011.09:1AaAa
Black13.04:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CBCED7
deuteranopia · #C6CAD7
tritanopia · #B5D2D1

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #bccfd7 is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6F8F9
#EDF1F3
#D6E1E5
#bccfd7
#96B3C0
#739AAB
#5C8799
#4C7080
#3D5A66
#2F434B
#1D2A2F
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F6F8F9Darkest = 950 · #1D2A2FText step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.006 224.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.009 224.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.014 224.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.018 224.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.022 224.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.023 224.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.023 224.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.022 224.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.020 224.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.016 224.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.013 224.9);
}

Colors that work with #bccfd7

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F5F8F9
Tinted page background
Border#CCDAE0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#567F90
Captions on the surface
Accent#844A48
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#304650
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFF4F5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#151F23
Dark-mode background
Hover#A6BFCA
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8FAFBC
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F6F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C4DAE3
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #bccfd7

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #304650
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #739AAB

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight21/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#D7C4BC
Analogous left#BCD7D1
Analogous right#BCC1D7
Split-complement 1#D7BCC1
Split-complement 2#D7D1BC
Triadic 1#D7BCCF
Triadic 2#CFD7BC
Tetradic#D1BCD7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°198°

#bccfd7 sits at 198°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green81.2%
Blue84.3%
R · 0–255
188
0xbc
G · 0–255
207
0xcf
B · 0–255
215
0xd7

CMYK percentages

Cyan12.6%
Magenta3.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)15.7%

Total ink coverage is 32%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bccfd7 text on a black background

contrast 13.04:1

Card sample

#bccfd7 text on a white background

contrast 1.61:1

Card sample

#bccfd7 on grey

1.47:1

#bccfd7 on its own surface

1.51:1

#bccfd7 on its dark surface

10.42:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bccfd7;
Background color
Panel with #bccfd7 background
background-color: #bccfd7;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bccfd7;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 207, 215, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 207, 215, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bccfd7;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bccfd7, #BCBDD7);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bccfd7, #C2BCD7);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bccfd7;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bccfd7;
caret-color: #bccfd7;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bccfd7;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFF4F5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bccfd7;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bccfd7 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bccfd7 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(188, 207, 215, 0.5)
rgb(188 207 215 / 50%)
#bccfd780
hsl(198 25% 79% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bccfd7 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bccfd71a#F8FAFB
20%#bccfd733#F2F5F7
40%#bccfd766#E4ECEF
60%#bccfd799#D7E2E7
80%#bccfd7cc#C9D9DF

Gradients from #bccfd7

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #E2EAEE, #bccfd7 45%, #304650);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bccfd7, #AAA9CC);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bccfd7, #D7C4BC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F5F8F9 0%, #bccfd7 45%, #304650 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5F8F9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #DCEAE6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #CFD1E2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #304650 0%, transparent 65%), #bccfd7;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bccfd7

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#bccfd7 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 13.04:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#bccfd7, answered

What color is #bccfd7?

#bccfd7 is a light soft cyan, closest to Light Blue (ΔE2000 6.5). It sits at 198° on the hue wheel with 25% saturation and 79% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #bccfd7?

rgb(188, 207, 215) — 188 red, 207 green and 215 blue out of 255, or 73.7% / 81.2% / 84.3% by channel.

What is #bccfd7 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(198, 25%, 79%) and hsv(198, 13%, 84%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bccfd7 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6022 and perceived brightness is 79%, so black text on it reaches 13.04:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bccfd7?

Black. It scores 13.04:1 against #bccfd7, versus 1.61:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #bccfd7 accessible on a white background?

#bccfd7 on white scores 1.61:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #547C8C to reach 4.5:1, or #3F5D69 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #bccfd7?

#D7C4BC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D7BCC1 and #D7D1BC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bccfd7?

For interface work: #F5F8F9 as the surface, #CCDAE0 for borders, #567F90 for secondary text, #844A48 as an accent and #304650 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #BCD7D1 and #BCC1D7 stays calm, while #D7C4BC is the loudest partner.

What is #bccfd7 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(13%, 4%, 0%, 16%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #bccfd7 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 82 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #BCD7D5; nudged cooler, #BBC9D8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bccfd7?

The cyan family — its 500 step is #06b6d4, ΔE2000 18.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bccfd7 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bccfd7 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bccfd7] or text-[#bccfd7], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #bccfd7 with 50% opacity?

rgba(188, 207, 215, 0.5), or #bccfd780 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DEE7EB; over black, #5E686C.

Is #bccfd7 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCCC, ΔE2000 7.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bccfd7 mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #bccfd7?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E2EAEE, #bccfd7 45%, #304650). For more colour, a short hue run to #AAA9CC keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bccfd7 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bccfd7 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.