#BFC9CE#BFC9CE

#BFC9CE is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.013 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC9CE
RGB	rgb(191, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 13%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(200, 7%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -2.44, -3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 4.41, 236.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0086 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.013 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5108, 57.3053, 66.6224)
Luminance	0.5731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC9CE #CEC4BF

analogous

#BFCECB #BFC9CE #BFC1CE

triadic

#BFC9CE #CEBFC9 #C9CEBF

tetradic

#BFC9CE #CBBFCE #CEC4BF #C1CEBF

square

#BFC9CE #CBBFCE #CEC4BF #C1CEBF

split-complementary

#BFC9CE #CEBFC1 #CECBBF

monochromatic

#7A8F99 #9CACB3 #BFC9CE #E2E6E9 #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BFC9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#BFC9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC9CE

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC9CE	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBCBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.013 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9dc',
    500: '#bfc9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc9ce;
$custom-light: #d2d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 13.274,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82967,
    "c": 0.01305,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC9CE

secondary

#A2958F

accent

#674E97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC9CE

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

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