#BFB9BD#BFB9BD

#BFB9BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.009 H 337.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9BD
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(320, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(320, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, 2.84, -1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 3.11, 335.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% 0.008 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.009 337.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0187, 49.4486, 55.1491)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9BD #B9BFBB

analogous

#BEB9BF #BFB9BD #BFB9BA

triadic

#BFB9BD #BDBFB9 #B9BDBF

tetradic

#BFB9BD #BFBEB9 #B9BFBB #B9BABF

square

#BFB9BD #BFBEB9 #B9BFBB #B9BABF

split-complementary

#BFB9BD #BABFB9 #B9BFBE

monochromatic

#847981 #A2999F #BFB9BD #DCD9DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BFB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9BD

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9BD	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.009 337.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ced0',
    500: '#bfb9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9bd;
$custom-light: #d2ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79184,
    "c": 0.0087,
    "h": 337.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9BD

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E6A57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9BD

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

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