#BFB9BE#BFB9BE

#BFB9BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.010 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9BE
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(310, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(310, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, 3.02, -1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 3.51, 329.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% 0.0084 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.01 331)
XYZ	xyz(48.1276, 49.4922, 55.7227)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9BE #B9BFBA

analogous

#BDB9BF #BFB9BE #BFB9BB

triadic

#BFB9BE #BEBFB9 #B9BEBF

tetradic

#BFB9BE #BFBDB9 #B9BFBA #B9BBBF

square

#BFB9BE #BFBDB9 #B9BFBA #B9BBBF

split-complementary

#BFB9BE #BBBFB9 #B9BFBD

monochromatic

#847983 #A299A0 #BFB9BE #DCD9DC #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BFB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9BE

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9BE	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.010 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ced1',
    500: '#bfb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9be;
$custom-light: #d2ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79214,
    "c": 0.00964,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.49492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9BE

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E6057

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9BE

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

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