#BFB5BC#BFB5BC

#BFB5BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.015 H 336.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB5BC
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(318, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(318, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, 4.81, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 5.32, 334.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% 0.0136 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.015 336.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0855, 47.7553, 54.3044)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB5BC #B5BFB8

analogous

#BDB5BF #BFB5BC #BFB5B7

triadic

#BFB5BC #BCBFB5 #B5BCBF

tetradic

#BFB5BC #BFBDB5 #B5BFB8 #B5B7BF

square

#BFB5BC #BFBDB5 #B5BFB8 #B5B7BF

split-complementary

#BFB5BC #B7BFB5 #B5BFBD

monochromatic

#867480 #A3949E #BFB5BC #DBD6DA #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BFB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB5BC

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB5BC	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.015 336.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbd0',
    500: '#bfb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb5bc;
$custom-light: #d2cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78345,
    "c": 0.01486,
    "h": 336.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB5BC

secondary

#E4E7E5

accent

#916754

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB5BC

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

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