#BFC9EF#BFC9EF

#BFC9EF is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.054 H 273.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC9EF
RGB	rgb(191, 201, 239)
HSL	hsl(228, 60%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(228, 20%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, 4.42, -19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 20.36, 282.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% 0.0034 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.054 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.9486, 59.0805, 89.9952)
Luminance	0.5908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC9EF #EFE5BF

analogous

#BFE1EF #BFC9EF #CDBFEF

triadic

#BFC9EF #EFBFC9 #C9EFBF

tetradic

#BFC9EF #EFBFE1 #EFE5BF #BFEFCD

square

#BFC9EF #EFBFE1 #EFE5BF #BFEFCD

split-complementary

#BFC9EF #EFCDBF #E1EFBF

monochromatic

#5D76D7 #8EA0E3 #BFC9EF #E7EAF9 #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BFC9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#BFC9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC9EF

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC9EF	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.054 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9f4',
    500: '#bfc9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc9ef;
$custom-light: #d2d9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.5,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84065,
    "c": 0.05428,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC9EF

secondary

#CDBE85

accent

#A41EC8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC9EF

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

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