#BCBFD9#BCBFD9

#BCBFD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.037 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFD9
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 217)
HSL	hsl(234, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(234, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 12%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, 4.12, -13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 13.95, 287.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% 0.0066 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.037 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8915, 52.9622, 73.1210)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFD9 #D9D6BC

analogous

#BCCED9 #BCBFD9 #C8BCD9

triadic

#BCBFD9 #D9BCBF #BFD9BC

tetradic

#BCBFD9 #D9BCCE #D9D6BC #BCD9C8

square

#BCBFD9 #D9BCCE #D9D6BC #BCD9C8

split-complementary

#BCBFD9 #D9C8BC #CED9BC

monochromatic

#6E74AD #959AC3 #BCBFD9 #E3E4EF #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BCBFD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#BCBFD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFD9

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFD9	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.037 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2e4',
    500: '#bcbfd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfd9;
$custom-light: #d0d2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.793,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81056,
    "c": 0.03661,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFD9

secondary

#B0AC8A

accent

#9C3FA6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFD9

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

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