#BFB8BA#BFB8BA

#BFB8BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.008 H 357.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8BA
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(343, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(343, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 2.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, 2.83, -0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 2.83, 357.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% 0.0084 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.008 357.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4880, 48.9028, 53.3823)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8BA #B8BFBD

analogous

#BFB8BD #BFB8BA #BFB9B8

triadic

#BFB8BA #BABFB8 #B8BABF

tetradic

#BFB8BA #BDBFB8 #B8BFBD #B9B8BF

square

#BFB8BA #BDBFB8 #B8BFBD #B9B8BF

split-complementary

#BFB8BA #B8BFB9 #B8BDBF

monochromatic

#85787B #A2989B #BFB8BA #DCD8D9 #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFB8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BFB8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8BA

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8BA	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.008 357.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cdce',
    500: '#bfb8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8ba;
$custom-light: #d2cdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.857,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78892,
    "c": 0.00837,
    "h": 357.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8BA

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#8F7F56

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8BA

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

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