#BFBBB8#BFBBB8

#BFBBB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.006 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBBB8
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 184)
HSL	hsl(26, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(26, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 3.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, 0.86, 2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 2.19, 66.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% 0.0031 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.006 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9067, 50.0779, 52.4803)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBBB8 #B8BCBF

analogous

#BFB8B8 #BFBBB8 #BFBEB8

triadic

#BFBBB8 #B8BFBB #BBB8BF

tetradic

#BFBBB8 #B8BFB8 #B8BCBF #BEB8BF

square

#BFBBB8 #B8BFB8 #B8BCBF #BEB8BF

split-complementary

#BFBBB8 #B8BFBE #B8B8BF

monochromatic

#857D78 #A29C98 #BFBBB8 #DCDAD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFBBB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BFBBB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBBB8

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBBB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBBB8	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbbb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.006 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfcd',
    500: '#bfbbb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbbb8;
$custom-light: #d2cfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbbb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79445,
    "c": 0.00618,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBBB8

secondary

#898E92

accent

#778F56

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141313

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBBB8

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

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