#BFC9CA#BFC9CA

#BFC9CA is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.011 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC9CA
RGB	rgb(191, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 9%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(185, 5%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -3.22, -1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 3.63, 207.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0101 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.011 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.0310, 57.1135, 64.0958)
Luminance	0.5711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC9CA #CAC0BF

analogous

#BFCAC6 #BFC9CA #BFC4CA

triadic

#BFC9CA #CABFC9 #C9CABF

tetradic

#BFC9CA #C6BFCA #CAC0BF #C4CABF

square

#BFC9CA #C6BFCA #CAC0BF #C4CABF

split-complementary

#BFC9CA #CABFC4 #CAC6BF

monochromatic

#7C9193 #9EADAE #BFC9CA #E0E5E6 #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BFC9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#BFC9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC9CA

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC9CA	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCCAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.011 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9da',
    500: '#bfc9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc9ca;
$custom-light: #d2d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 9.402,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82846,
    "c": 0.01109,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC9CA

secondary

#9D9190

accent

#585293

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC9CA

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

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