#BFCFDC

sRGB: 191 / 207 / 220

Ancient mountains reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls transform the fabric of existence
Fierce revelations awaken sleeping galaxies

#BFCFDC belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 191 red, 207 green and 220 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 206.9° lands in the azure region. Its 29.3% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.6% 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 (13.17:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 191, 207, 220
HSL: 206.90°, 29.29%, 80.59%
HSV / HSB: 206.90°, 13.18%, 86.27%
CMYK (approx.): 13.18%, 5.91%, 0.00%, 13.73%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 56.714, 60.869, 76.473
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.308, -2.799, -8.270
WCAG relative luminance: 0.60869
24-bit decimal: 12570588

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 #BFCFDC 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: 13.17:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.59:1

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

#DCCCBF sits half a turn (180°) from #BFCFDC 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.

#BFCFDC #DCCCBF

Analogous

#BFDCDB and #BFC1DC sit 30° to either side of #BFCFDC. 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.

#BFDCDB #BFCFDC #BFC1DC

Triadic

#BFCFDC, #DCBFCF and #CFDCBF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BFCFDC #DCBFCF #CFDCBF

Split complementary

Start at #BFCFDC and look across the wheel. #DCBFC1 and #DCDBBF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BFCFDC #DCBFC1 #DCDBBF

Square

Starting with #BFCFDC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DBBFDC, #DCCCBF, then #C1DCBF. Across the square, #BFCFDC pairs with #DCCCBF, and #DBBFDC with #C1DCBF.

#BFCFDC #DBBFDC #DCCCBF #C1DCBF

Tetradic

#BFCFDC and #DCCCBF are opposites, as are #CCBFDC and #CFDCBF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BFCFDC #CCBFDC #DCCCBF #CFDCBF

Tints

Mixing #BFCFDC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCD9E3, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F5F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#BFCFDC #CCD9E3 #D9E2EA #E5ECF1 #F2F5F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BFCFDC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #99A6B0, keeps 80% of the original. By #26292C, the mixture is 80% black.

#BFCFDC #99A6B0 #737C84 #4C5358 #26292C #000000

Tones

Mixing #BFCFDC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2BFCA, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D9092, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BFCFDC #B2BFCA #A6AFB7 #99A0A5 #8D9092 #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

#BFCFDC

RGB

rgb(191 207 220)

HSL

hsl(206.897 29.293% 80.588%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BFCFDC uses 191 red, 207 green and 220 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.9%

Green 81.2%

Blue 86.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BFCFDC is 13.2% cyan, 5.9% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 13.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 13.2%

Magenta 5.9%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 13.7%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#BFCFDC #C4CFD7 #C9CED2 #CECECE #D2CDC9 #D7CDC4 #DCCCBF

Color vision previews

Compare how #BFCFDC 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.

#CACFDD

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.

#C6CBDC

Tritanopia

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

#B8D2D3

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.

#C6CEDC

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.

#C4CDDC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BED0D9

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CDCDCD

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.

#C6CED5

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 0.62396 B 0.71569

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 0.76066 G 0.80978 B 0.85740

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.53928 G 0.62054 B 0.70573

CIE xyY

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

x 0.292 y 0.314 Y 60.869

CMY

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

C % 25.098 M % 18.824 Y % 13.725

Binary RGB

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

10111111 11001111 11011100