#BFC9DB#BFC9DB

#BFC9DB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.027 H 262.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC9DB
RGB	rgb(191, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(219, 28%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(219, 13%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, 0.16, -10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 10.10, 270.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0037 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.027 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.1558, 57.9634, 75.2863)
Luminance	0.5796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC9DB #DBD1BF

analogous

#BFD7DB #BFC9DB #C3BFDB

triadic

#BFC9DB #DBBFC9 #C9DBBF

tetradic

#BFC9DB #DBBFD7 #DBD1BF #BFDBC3

square

#BFC9DB #DBBFD7 #DBD1BF #BFDBC3

split-complementary

#BFC9DB #DBC3BF #D7DBBF

monochromatic

#7187AF #98A8C5 #BFC9DB #E6EAF1 #EBEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BFC9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#BFC9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC9DB

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC9DB	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.027 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9e6',
    500: '#bfc9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc9db;
$custom-light: #d2d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 28,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83377,
    "c": 0.02747,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC9DB

secondary

#B2A48C

accent

#823FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC9DB

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

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