#BFBBD9#BFBBD9

#BFBBD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.042 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBBD9
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 217)
HSL	hsl(248, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(248, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, 7.25, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 16.21, 296.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% 0.0155 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.042 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7780, 51.6265, 72.8692)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBBD9 #D5D9BB

analogous

#BBC6D9 #BFBBD9 #CEBBD9

triadic

#BFBBD9 #D9BFBB #BBD9BF

tetradic

#BFBBD9 #D9BBC6 #D5D9BB #BBD9CE

square

#BFBBD9 #D9BBC6 #D5D9BB #BBD9CE

split-complementary

#BFBBD9 #D9CEBB #C6D9BB

monochromatic

#756CAD #9A94C3 #BFBBD9 #E4E2EF #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BFBBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BFBBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBBD9

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBBD9	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.042 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfe4',
    500: '#bfbbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbbd9;
$custom-light: #d2cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80491,
    "c": 0.04212,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBBD9

secondary

#AAB089

accent

#A73F99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBBD9

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

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