#BFB9BC#BFB9BC

#BFB9BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.008 H 345.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9BC
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(330, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(330, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, 2.65, -0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 2.76, 343.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% 0.0077 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.008 345.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.9106, 49.4054, 54.5794)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9BC #B9BFBC

analogous

#BFB9BF #BFB9BC #BFB9B9

triadic

#BFB9BC #BCBFB9 #B9BCBF

tetradic

#BFB9BC #BFBFB9 #B9BFBC #B9B9BF

square

#BFB9BC #BFBFB9 #B9BFBC #B9B9BF

split-complementary

#BFB9BC #B9BFB9 #B9BFBF

monochromatic

#84797F #A2999D #BFB9BC #DCD9DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BFB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9BC

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9BC	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.008 345.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ced0',
    500: '#bfb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9bc;
$custom-light: #d2ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79154,
    "c": 0.0079,
    "h": 345.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9BC

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#8E7357

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9BC

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

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