#BFB5BE#BFB5BE

#BFB5BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.017 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB5BE
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(306, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(306, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, 5.18, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 6.13, 327.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% 0.0144 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.017 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3026, 47.8421, 55.4477)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB5BE #B5BFB6

analogous

#BBB5BF #BFB5BE #BFB5B9

triadic

#BFB5BE #BEBFB5 #B5BEBF

tetradic

#BFB5BE #BFBBB5 #B5BFB6 #B5B9BF

square

#BFB5BE #BFBBB5 #B5BFB6 #B5B9BF

split-complementary

#BFB5BE #B9BFB5 #B5BFBB

monochromatic

#867484 #A394A1 #BFB5BE #DBD6DB #F1EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BFB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB5BE

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB5BE	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.017 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbd1',
    500: '#bfb5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb5be;
$custom-light: #d2cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78406,
    "c": 0.01678,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB5BE

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#915A54

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB5BE

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

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