#BFB8BF#BFB8BF

#BFB8BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.012 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8BF
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(300, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(300, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, 3.75, -2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 4.59, 324.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% 0.0103 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.012 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0289, 49.1191, 56.2308)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8BF #B8BFB8

analogous

#BBB8BF #BFB8BF #BFB8BB

triadic

#BFB8BF #BFBFB8 #B8BFBF

tetradic

#BFB8BF #BFBBB8 #B8BFB8 #B8BBBF

square

#BFB8BF #BFBBB8 #B8BFB8 #B8BBBF

split-complementary

#BFB8BF #BBBFB8 #B8BFBB

monochromatic

#857885 #A298A2 #BFB8BF #DCD8DC #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFB8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BFB8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8BF

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8BF	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)

#B8BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.012 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cdd2',
    500: '#bfb8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8bf;
$custom-light: #d2cdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79042,
    "c": 0.01246,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8BF

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8F5656

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8BF

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

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