#BFB9BF#BFB9BF

#BFB9BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.011 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9BF
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(300, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, 3.21, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 3.94, 324.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% 0.0088 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.011 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.2373, 49.5361, 56.3003)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9BF #B9BFB9

analogous

#BCB9BF #BFB9BF #BFB9BC

triadic

#BFB9BF #BFBFB9 #B9BFBF

tetradic

#BFB9BF #BFBCB9 #B9BFB9 #B9BCBF

square

#BFB9BF #BFBCB9 #B9BFB9 #B9BCBF

split-complementary

#BFB9BF #BCBFB9 #B9BFBC

monochromatic

#847984 #A299A2 #BFB9BF #DCD9DC #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BFB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9BF

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9BF	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.011 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ced2',
    500: '#bfb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9bf;
$custom-light: #d2ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79244,
    "c": 0.01068,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9BF

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E5757

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9BF

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

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