#BFC9CB#BFC9CB

#BFC9CB is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.011 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC9CB
RGB	rgb(191, 201, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 10%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(190, 6%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -3.03, -2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 3.73, 215.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0097 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.011 211)
XYZ	xyz(53.1498, 57.1610, 64.7214)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC9CB #CBC1BF

analogous

#BFCBC7 #BFC9CB #BFC3CB

triadic

#BFC9CB #CBBFC9 #C9CBBF

tetradic

#BFC9CB #C7BFCB #CBC1BF #C3CBBF

square

#BFC9CB #C7BFCB #CBC1BF #C3CBBF

split-complementary

#BFC9CB #CBBFC3 #CBC7BF

monochromatic

#7B9094 #9DADB0 #BFC9CB #E1E5E6 #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BFC9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#BFC9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC9CB

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC9CB	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCCACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.011 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9da',
    500: '#bfc9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc9cb;
$custom-light: #d2d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82876,
    "c": 0.01135,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.57161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC9CB

secondary

#9F9290

accent

#5C5194

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC9CB

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

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