#BFBEC9#BFBEC9

#BFBEC9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.015 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBEC9
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(245, 9%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(245, 5%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, 2.43, -5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 5.92, 294.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% 0.0053 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.015 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.4400, 52.1202, 62.6499)
Luminance	0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBEC9 #C8C9BE

analogous

#BEC3C9 #BFBEC9 #C5BEC9

triadic

#BFBEC9 #C9BFBE #BEC9BF

tetradic

#BFBEC9 #C9BEC3 #C8C9BE #BEC9C5

square

#BFBEC9 #C9BEC3 #C8C9BE #BEC9C5

split-complementary

#BFBEC9 #C9C5BE #C3C9BE

monochromatic

#7D7B91 #9E9DAD #BFBEC9 #E0DFE5 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BFBEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#BFBEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBEC9

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBEC9	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.015 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1d9',
    500: '#bfbec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbec9;
$custom-light: #d2d1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 9.244,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80565,
    "c": 0.01535,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBEC9

secondary

#9B9C8F

accent

#93528D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBEC9

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

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