#BFB8BE#BFB8BE

#BFB8BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.011 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8BE
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(309, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(309, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, 3.56, -2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 4.16, 328.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% 0.0099 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.011 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9192, 49.0753, 55.6532)
Luminance	0.4908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8BE #B8BFB9

analogous

#BCB8BF #BFB8BE #BFB8BA

triadic

#BFB8BE #BEBFB8 #B8BEBF

tetradic

#BFB8BE #BFBCB8 #B8BFB9 #B8BABF

square

#BFB8BE #BFBCB8 #B8BFB9 #B8BABF

split-complementary

#BFB8BE #BABFB8 #B8BFBC

monochromatic

#857883 #A298A1 #BFB8BE #DCD8DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BFB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8BE

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8BE	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.011 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cdd1',
    500: '#bfb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8be;
$custom-light: #d2cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79011,
    "c": 0.01142,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8BE

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8F5F56

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8BE

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

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