#BFBBD8#BFBBD8

#BFBBD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.041 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBBD8
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(248, 27%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(248, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, 7.04, -14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 15.67, 296.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% 0.0151 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.041 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6483, 51.5746, 72.1863)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBBD8 #D4D8BB

analogous

#BBC6D8 #BFBBD8 #CEBBD8

triadic

#BFBBD8 #D8BFBB #BBD8BF

tetradic

#BFBBD8 #D8BBC6 #D4D8BB #BBD8CE

square

#BFBBD8 #D8BBC6 #D4D8BB #BBD8CE

split-complementary

#BFBBD8 #D8CEBB #C6D8BB

monochromatic

#766DAB #9A94C2 #BFBBD8 #E4E2EE #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BFBBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BFBBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBBD8

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBBD8	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.041 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfe4',
    500: '#bfbbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbbd8;
$custom-light: #d2cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.276,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80457,
    "c": 0.04073,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBBD8

secondary

#A9AE89

accent

#A64098

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBBD8

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

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