#BFBAB5#BFBAB5

#BFBAB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.009 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBAB5
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 181)
HSL	hsl(30, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(30, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 5.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, 0.86, 3.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 3.27, 74.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% 0.0034 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.009 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3841, 49.5307, 50.7712)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBAB5 #B5BABF

analogous

#BFB5B5 #BFBAB5 #BFBFB5

triadic

#BFBAB5 #B5BFBA #BAB5BF

tetradic

#BFBAB5 #B5BFB5 #B5BABF #BFB5BF

square

#BFBAB5 #B5BFB5 #B5BABF #BFB5BF

split-complementary

#BFBAB5 #B5BFBF #B5B5BF

monochromatic

#867D74 #A39B94 #BFBAB5 #DBD9D6 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFBAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BFBAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBAB5

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBAB5	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)

#BCBAB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.009 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cecb',
    500: '#bfbab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbab5;
$custom-light: #d2cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79155,
    "c": 0.009,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBAB5

secondary

#E4E6E7

accent

#739154

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBAB5

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

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