#BFBBB9#BFBBB9

#BFBBB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.005 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBBB9
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 185)
HSL	hsl(20, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(20, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 3.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, 1.04, 1.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 1.83, 55.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% 0.0035 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.005 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0119, 50.1200, 53.0343)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBBB9 #B9BDBF

analogous

#BFB9BA #BFBBB9 #BFBEB9

triadic

#BFBBB9 #B9BFBB #BBB9BF

tetradic

#BFBBB9 #BABFB9 #B9BDBF #BEB9BF

square

#BFBBB9 #BABFB9 #B9BDBF #BEB9BF

split-complementary

#BFBBB9 #B9BFBE #B9BABF

monochromatic

#847D79 #A29C99 #BFBBB9 #DCDAD9 #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFBBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BFBBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBBB9

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBBB9	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	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)

#BCBBB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.005 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfce',
    500: '#bfbbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbbb9;
$custom-light: #d2cfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79473,
    "c": 0.00533,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBBB9

secondary

#8B8F92

accent

#7C8E57

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141313

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBBB9

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

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