#BFBAB8#BFBAB8

#BFBAB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.006 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBAB8
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 184)
HSL	hsl(17, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(17, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 3.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, 1.39, 1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 2.15, 49.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% 0.0046 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.006 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6953, 49.6551, 52.4099)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBAB8 #B8BDBF

analogous

#BFB8B9 #BFBAB8 #BFBDB8

triadic

#BFBAB8 #B8BFBA #BAB8BF

tetradic

#BFBAB8 #B9BFB8 #B8BDBF #BDB8BF

square

#BFBAB8 #B9BFB8 #B8BDBF #BDB8BF

split-complementary

#BFBAB8 #B8BFBD #B8B9BF

monochromatic

#857B78 #A29B98 #BFBAB8 #DCD9D8 #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFBAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BFBAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBAB8

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBAB8	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBBB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.006 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cecd',
    500: '#bfbab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbab8;
$custom-light: #d2cecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7924,
    "c": 0.00633,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBAB8

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#7F8F56

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBAB8

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

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