#BFB5BD#BFB5BD

#BFB5BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.016 H 332.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB5BD
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(312, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(312, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, 4.99, -2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 5.72, 330.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% 0.014 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.016 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.1937, 47.7986, 54.8741)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB5BD #B5BFB7

analogous

#BCB5BF #BFB5BD #BFB5B8

triadic

#BFB5BD #BDBFB5 #B5BDBF

tetradic

#BFB5BD #BFBCB5 #B5BFB7 #B5B8BF

square

#BFB5BD #BFBCB5 #B5BFB7 #B5B8BF

split-complementary

#BFB5BD #B8BFB5 #B5BFBC

monochromatic

#867482 #A394A0 #BFB5BD #DBD6DA #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BFB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB5BD

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB5BD	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.016 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbd0',
    500: '#bfb5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb5bd;
$custom-light: #d2cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78376,
    "c": 0.01579,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB5BD

secondary

#E4E7E5

accent

#916054

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB5BD

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

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