#BFBCB4#BFBCB4

#BFBCB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.012 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCB4
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(44, 8%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(44, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 5.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -0.39, 4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 4.43, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% 0.0001 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.012 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7062, 50.3383, 50.3742)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCB4 #B4B7BF

analogous

#BFB6B4 #BFBCB4 #BCBFB4

triadic

#BFBCB4 #B4BFBC #BCB4BF

tetradic

#BFBCB4 #B4BFB6 #B4B7BF #BFB4BC

square

#BFBCB4 #B4BFB6 #B4B7BF #BFB4BC

split-complementary

#BFBCB4 #B4BCBF #B6B4BF

monochromatic

#868172 #A39F93 #BFBCB4 #DBD9D5 #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFBCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BFBCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCB4

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCB4	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBCB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.012 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0ca',
    500: '#bfbcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbcb4;
$custom-light: #d2d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 7.914,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79536,
    "c": 0.01161,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCB4

secondary

#858992

accent

#659254

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCB4

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

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