#BFC9CF#BFC9CF

#BFC9CF is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.014 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC9CF
RGB	rgb(191, 201, 207)
HSL	hsl(203, 14%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(203, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -2.25, -4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 4.73, 241.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83% -0.0082 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.014 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.6326, 57.3541, 67.2642)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC9CF #CFC5BF

analogous

#BFCFCD #BFC9CF #BFC1CF

triadic

#BFC9CF #CFBFC9 #C9CFBF

tetradic

#BFC9CF #CDBFCF #CFC5BF #C1CFBF

square

#BFC9CF #CDBFCF #CFC5BF #C1CFBF

split-complementary

#BFC9CF #CFBFC1 #CFCDBF

monochromatic

#798E9B #9CABB5 #BFC9CF #E2E7E9 #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BFC9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#BFC9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC9CF

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC9CF	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C7CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBCBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.014 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9dd',
    500: '#bfc9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc9cf;
$custom-light: #d2d9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82997,
    "c": 0.01384,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC9CF

secondary

#A3978F

accent

#694D98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC9CF

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

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