#BFC9CD#BFC9CD

#BFC9CD is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.012 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC9CD
RGB	rgb(191, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 12%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(197, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, -2.64, -3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 4.13, 230.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0089 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.012 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.3897, 57.2569, 65.9847)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC9CD #CDC3BF

analogous

#BFCDCA #BFC9CD #BFC2CD

triadic

#BFC9CD #CDBFC9 #C9CDBF

tetradic

#BFC9CD #CABFCD #CDC3BF #C2CDBF

square

#BFC9CD #CABFCD #CDC3BF #C2CDBF

split-complementary

#BFC9CD #CDBFC2 #CDCABF

monochromatic

#7A8F97 #9DACB2 #BFC9CD #E1E6E8 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BFC9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#BFC9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC9CD

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC9CD	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCCACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.012 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9dc',
    500: '#bfc9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc9cd;
$custom-light: #d2d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 12.281,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82936,
    "c": 0.01235,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC9CD

secondary

#A1948F

accent

#634F96

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC9CD

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

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