#BFBCD8#BFBCD8

#BFBCD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.039 H 290.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCD8
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(246, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(246, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, 6.50, -13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 15.09, 295.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% 0.0137 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.039 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8612, 52.0004, 72.2573)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCD8 #D5D8BC

analogous

#BCC7D8 #BFBCD8 #CDBCD8

triadic

#BFBCD8 #D8BFBC #BCD8BF

tetradic

#BFBCD8 #D8BCC7 #D5D8BC #BCD8CD

square

#BFBCD8 #D8BCC7 #D5D8BC #BCD8CD

split-complementary

#BFBCD8 #D8CDBC #C7D8BC

monochromatic

#756FAB #9A95C1 #BFBCD8 #E4E3EF #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BFBCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BFBCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCD8

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCD8	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.039 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0e4',
    500: '#bfbcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbcd8;
$custom-light: #d2d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.429,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80656,
    "c": 0.03923,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCD8

secondary

#AAAE8A

accent

#A5419A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCD8

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

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