#BFC9EA#BFC9EA

#BFC9EA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.047 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC9EA
RGB	rgb(191, 201, 234)
HSL	hsl(226, 51%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(226, 18%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, 3.33, -17.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 17.76, 280.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% 0.0017 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.047 272)
XYZ	xyz(57.2202, 58.7891, 86.1587)
Luminance	0.5879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC9EA #EAE0BF

analogous

#BFDEEA #BFC9EA #CABFEA

triadic

#BFC9EA #EABFC9 #C9EABF

tetradic

#BFC9EA #EABFDE #EAE0BF #BFEACA

square

#BFC9EA #EABFDE #EAE0BF #BFEACA

split-complementary

#BFC9EA #EACABF #DEEABF

monochromatic

#637BCC #91A2DB #BFC9EA #E8ECF7 #E8ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BFC9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#BFC9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC9EA

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC9EA	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.047 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9f0',
    500: '#bfc9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc9ea;
$custom-light: #d2d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.047,
    "s": 50.588,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83887,
    "c": 0.04745,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.5879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC9EA

secondary

#C6B787

accent

#9B28BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC9EA

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

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