#BFBCD5#BFBCD5

#BFBCD5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.035 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCD5
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(247, 23%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(247, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, 5.89, -12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 13.49, 295.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% 0.0126 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.035 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4769, 51.8466, 70.2333)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCD5 #D2D5BC

analogous

#BCC5D5 #BFBCD5 #CBBCD5

triadic

#BFBCD5 #D5BFBC #BCD5BF

tetradic

#BFBCD5 #D5BCC5 #D2D5BC #BCD5CB

square

#BFBCD5 #D5BCC5 #D2D5BC #BCD5CB

split-complementary

#BFBCD5 #D5CBBC #C5D5BC

monochromatic

#7771A6 #9B96BD #BFBCD5 #E3E2ED #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BFBCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BFBCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCD5

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCD5	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BFD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.035 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0e2',
    500: '#bfbcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbcd5;
$custom-light: #d2d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.2,
    "s": 22.936,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80554,
    "c": 0.03505,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCD5

secondary

#A7AB8A

accent

#A14496

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCD5

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

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