#BFBFD9#BFBFD9

#BFBFD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.036 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBFD9
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 217)
HSL	hsl(240, 25%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 12%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, 5.09, -12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 13.93, 291.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% 0.0098 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.036 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.6384, 53.3473, 73.1561)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBFD9 #D9D9BF

analogous

#BFCCD9 #BFBFD9 #CCBFD9

triadic

#BFBFD9 #D9BFBF #BFD9BF

tetradic

#BFBFD9 #D9BFCC #D9D9BF #BFD9CC

square

#BFBFD9 #D9BFCC #D9D9BF #BFD9CC

split-complementary

#BFBFD9 #D9CCBF #CCD9BF

monochromatic

#7272AB #9999C2 #BFBFD9 #E5E5F0 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BFBFD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#BFBFD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBFD9

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBFD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBFD9	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbfd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.036 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2e4',
    500: '#bfbfd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbfd9;
$custom-light: #d2d2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbfd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 25.49,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8129,
    "c": 0.03632,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBFD9

secondary

#AFAF8D

accent

#A441A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBFD9

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

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