#BFBCD9#BFBCD9

#BFBCD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.041 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCD9
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(246, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(246, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, 6.71, -14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 15.63, 295.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% 0.014 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.041 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9909, 52.0522, 72.9402)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCD9 #D6D9BC

analogous

#BCC8D9 #BFBCD9 #CEBCD9

triadic

#BFBCD9 #D9BFBC #BCD9BF

tetradic

#BFBCD9 #D9BCC8 #D6D9BC #BCD9CE

square

#BFBCD9 #D9BCC8 #D6D9BC #BCD9CE

split-complementary

#BFBCD9 #D9CEBC #C8D9BC

monochromatic

#746EAD #9A95C3 #BFBCD9 #E4E3EF #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BFBCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#BFBCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCD9

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCD9	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.041 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0e4',
    500: '#bfbcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbcd9;
$custom-light: #d2d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.207,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8069,
    "c": 0.04063,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCD9

secondary

#ACB08A

accent

#A63F9C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCD9

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

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