#BFBBD3

sRGB: 191 / 187 / 211

Ancient mountains reshape eternity
Restless constellations shimmer across boundless heavens
Fierce revelations linger beyond yesterday

#BFBBD3 belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 191 red, 187 green and 211 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 250.0° lands in the blue region. Its 21.4% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 78.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.26:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 191, 187, 211
HSL: 250.00°, 21.43%, 78.04%
HSV / HSB: 250.00°, 11.37%, 82.75%
CMYK (approx.): 9.48%, 11.37%, 0.00%, 17.25%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 51.012, 51.320, 68.849
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 76.873, 6.020, -11.525
WCAG relative luminance: 0.51320
24-bit decimal: 12565459

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BFBBD3 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 11.26:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.86:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#CFD3BB sits half a turn (180°) from #BFBBD3 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BFBBD3 #CFD3BB

Analogous

#BBC3D3 and #CBBBD3 sit 30° to either side of #BFBBD3. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#BBC3D3 #BFBBD3 #CBBBD3

Triadic

#BFBBD3, #D3BFBB and #BBD3BF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BFBBD3 #D3BFBB #BBD3BF

Split complementary

Start at #BFBBD3 and look across the wheel. #D3CBBB and #C3D3BB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BFBBD3 #D3CBBB #C3D3BB

Square

Starting with #BFBBD3, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D3BBC3, #CFD3BB, then #BBD3CB. Across the square, #BFBBD3 pairs with #CFD3BB, and #D3BBC3 with #BBD3CB.

#BFBBD3 #D3BBC3 #CFD3BB #BBD3CB

Tetradic

#BFBBD3 and #CFD3BB are opposites, as are #D3BBCF and #BBD3BF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BFBBD3 #D3BBCF #CFD3BB #BBD3BF

Tints

Mixing #BFBBD3 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC9DC, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F1F6, the mixture is 80% white.

#BFBBD3 #CCC9DC #D9D6E5 #E5E4ED #F2F1F6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BFBBD3 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9996A9, keeps 80% of the original. By #26252A, the mixture is 80% black.

#BFBBD3 #9996A9 #73707F #4C4B54 #26252A #000000

Tones

Mixing #BFBBD3 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2AFC2, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D8C91, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BFBBD3 #B2AFC2 #A6A3B2 #9998A1 #8D8C91 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BFBBD3

RGB

rgb(191 187 211)

HSL

hsl(250.000 21.429% 78.039%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BFBBD3;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BFBBD3 uses 191 red, 187 green and 211 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.9%

Green 73.3%

Blue 82.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BFBBD3 is 9.5% cyan, 11.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 17.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 9.5%

Magenta 11.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 17.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBBBCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BBC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BFBBD3 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBBBCC Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#BFBBD3 #C2BFCF #C4C3CB #C7C7C7 #CACBC3 #CCCFBF #CFD3BB

Color vision previews

Compare how #BFBBD3 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#B6BED4

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#B6BDD2

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#BBBEC3

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B9BDD4

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B9BDD3

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BEBCCD

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#BEBEBE

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#BEBCC9

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.52100 G 0.49693 B 0.65141

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.74627 G 0.73386 B 0.81984

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.51672 G 0.49773 B 0.63799

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.298 y 0.300 Y 51.320

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 25.098 M % 26.667 Y % 17.255

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111111 10111011 11010011