#BFC9FF#BFC9FF

#BFC9FF is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.076 H 276.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC9FF
RGB	rgb(191, 201, 255)
HSL	hsl(231, 100%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(231, 25%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 21.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, 8.04, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 28.73, 286.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% 0.0086 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.076 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.4178, 60.0682, 102.9994)
Luminance	0.6007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC9FF #FFF5BF

analogous

#BFE9FF #BFC9FF #D5BFFF

triadic

#BFC9FF #FFBFC9 #C9FFBF

tetradic

#BFC9FF #FFBFE9 #FFF5BF #BFFFD5

square

#BFC9FF #FFBFE9 #FFF5BF #BFFFD5

split-complementary

#BFC9FF #FFD5BF #E9FFBF

monochromatic

#4562FF #8295FF #BFC9FF #E0E5FF #E0E5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BFC9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#BFC9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC9FF

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC9FF	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD3DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.076 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d9ff',
    500: '#bfc9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc9ff;
$custom-light: #d3d9ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.625,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 87.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84665,
    "c": 0.07626,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC9FF

secondary

#E8D77B

accent

#C200E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141418

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC9FF

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

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