#BFC9DF#BFC9DF

#BFC9DF is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.033 H 266.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC9DF
RGB	rgb(191, 201, 223)
HSL	hsl(221, 33%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(221, 14%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.84, 0.99, -12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.84, 12.11, 274.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0022 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.033 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6887, 58.1765, 78.0930)
Luminance	0.5818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC9DF #DFD5BF

analogous

#BFD9DF #BFC9DF #C5BFDF

triadic

#BFC9DF #DFBFC9 #C9DFBF

tetradic

#BFC9DF #DFBFD9 #DFD5BF #BFDFC5

square

#BFC9DF #DFBFD9 #DFD5BF #BFDFC5

split-complementary

#BFC9DF #DFC5BF #D9DFBF

monochromatic

#6D84B6 #96A7CB #BFC9DF #E8EBF3 #EBEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BFC9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#BFC9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC9DF

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC9DF	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8CDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.033 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9e9',
    500: '#bfc9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc9df;
$custom-light: #d2d9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83509,
    "c": 0.03267,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC9DF

secondary

#B7A98B

accent

#8839AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC9DF

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

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