#BFAFAF#BFAFAF

#BFAFAF is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.018 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAFAF
RGB	rgb(191, 175, 175)
HSL	hsl(0, 11%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(0, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 8.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, 5.73, 2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 6.09, 19.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% 0.0176 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.018 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5529, 44.8321, 46.8556)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAFAF #AFBFBF

analogous

#BFAFB7 #BFAFAF #BFB7AF

triadic

#BFAFAF #AFBFAF #AFAFBF

tetradic

#BFAFAF #B7BFAF #AFBFBF #B7AFBF

square

#BFAFAF #B7BFAF #AFBFBF #B7AFBF

split-complementary

#BFAFAF #AFBFB7 #AFB7BF

monochromatic

#876C6C #A48D8D #BFAFAF #DAD1D1 #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BFAFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BFAFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAFAF

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAFAF	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfafaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 175, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.018 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c6c6',
    500: '#bfafaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfafaf;
$custom-light: #d2c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfafaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76753,
    "c": 0.01844,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAFAF

secondary

#E3E7E7

accent

#959550

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAFAF

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

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