#BFBAB9#BFBAB9

#BFBAB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.006 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBAB9
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 185)
HSL	hsl(10, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(10, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 3.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, 1.57, 1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 1.94, 35.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% 0.005 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.006 31)
XYZ	xyz(47.8005, 49.6972, 52.9639)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBAB9 #B9BEBF

analogous

#BFB9BB #BFBAB9 #BFBDB9

triadic

#BFBAB9 #B9BFBA #BAB9BF

tetradic

#BFBAB9 #BBBFB9 #B9BEBF #BDB9BF

square

#BFBAB9 #BBBFB9 #B9BEBF #BDB9BF

split-complementary

#BFBAB9 #B9BFBD #B9BBBF

monochromatic

#847B79 #A29A99 #BFBAB9 #DCDAD9 #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFBAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BFBAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBAB9

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBAB9	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBBB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.006 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cece',
    500: '#bfbab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbab9;
$custom-light: #d2cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79269,
    "c": 0.00584,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.49697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBAB9

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#858E57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBAB9

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

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