#BFB9BA#BFB9BA

#BFB9BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.007 H 5.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9BA
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 186)
HSL	hsl(350, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(350, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 2.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, 2.29, 0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 2.30, 6.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% 0.0069 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.007 5.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6965, 49.3197, 53.4518)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9BA #B9BFBE

analogous

#BFB9BD #BFB9BA #BFBBB9

triadic

#BFB9BA #BABFB9 #B9BABF

tetradic

#BFB9BA #BDBFB9 #B9BFBE #BBB9BF

square

#BFB9BA #BDBFB9 #B9BFBE #BBB9BF

split-complementary

#BFB9BA #B9BFBB #B9BDBF

monochromatic

#84797B #A2999A #BFB9BA #DCD9DA #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFB9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BFB9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9BA

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9BA	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.007 5.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cece',
    500: '#bfb9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9ba;
$custom-light: #d2cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79095,
    "c": 0.0069,
    "h": 5.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9BA

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#8E8557

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9BA

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

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