#BFBFC9#BFBFC9

#BFBFC9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.014 H 286.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBFC9
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 201)
HSL	hsl(240, 8%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(240, 5%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, 1.89, -5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 5.36, 290.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% 0.0039 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.014 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.6573, 52.5549, 62.7223)
Luminance	0.5255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBFC9 #C9C9BF

analogous

#BFC4C9 #BFBFC9 #C4BFC9

triadic

#BFBFC9 #C9BFBF #BFC9BF

tetradic

#BFBFC9 #C9BFC4 #C9C9BF #BFC9C4

square

#BFBFC9 #C9BFC4 #C9C9BF #BFC9C4

split-complementary

#BFBFC9 #C9C4BF #C4C9BF

monochromatic

#7D7D91 #9E9EAD #BFBFC9 #E0E0E5 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BFBFC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#BFBFC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBFC9

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBFC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBFC9	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbfc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.014 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2d9',
    500: '#bfbfc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbfc9;
$custom-light: #d2d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbfc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 8.475,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80768,
    "c": 0.01393,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBFC9

secondary

#9C9C90

accent

#925392

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBFC9

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

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