#BFC9BE#BFC9BE

#BFC9BE is a very light, near-neutral green. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.019 H 142.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC9BE
RGB	rgb(191, 201, 190)
HSL	hsl(115, 9%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(115, 5%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -5.46, 4.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 6.95, 141.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0149 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.019 142.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6651, 56.5671, 56.9019)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC9BE #C8BEC9

analogous

#C5C9BE #BFC9BE #BEC9C3

triadic

#BFC9BE #BEBFC9 #C9BEBF

tetradic

#BFC9BE #BEC5C9 #C8BEC9 #C9C3BE

square

#BFC9BE #BEC5C9 #C8BEC9 #C9C3BE

split-complementary

#BFC9BE #C3BEC9 #C9BEC5

monochromatic

#7D917B #9EAD9D #BFC9BE #E0E5DF #EFF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BFC9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#BFC9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC9BE

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC9BE	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.019 142.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9d1',
    500: '#bfc9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc9be;
$custom-light: #d2d9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.545,
    "s": 9.244,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82502,
    "c": 0.01866,
    "h": 142.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC9BE

secondary

#9B8F9C

accent

#52938D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC9BE

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

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