#BFBBC5#BFBBC5

#BFBBC5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.015 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBBC5
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(264, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(264, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, 3.27, -4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 5.59, 305.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% 0.0082 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.015 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.3325, 50.6483, 59.9896)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBBC5 #C1C5BB

analogous

#BBBCC5 #BFBBC5 #C4BBC5

triadic

#BFBBC5 #C5BFBB #BBC5BF

tetradic

#BFBBC5 #C5BBBC #C1C5BB #BBC5C4

square

#BFBBC5 #C5BBBC #C1C5BB #BBC5C4

split-complementary

#BFBBC5 #C5C4BB #BCC5BB

monochromatic

#81798D #A09AA9 #BFBBC5 #DEDCE1 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BFBBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBBC5

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBBC5	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BCC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABDC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.015 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfd6',
    500: '#bfbbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbbc5;
$custom-light: #d2cfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79833,
    "c": 0.01458,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBBC5

secondary

#93988C

accent

#925479

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBBC5

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

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