#BFBCB5#BFBCB5

#BFBCB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.010 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCB5
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(42, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(42, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 5.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -0.21, 3.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 3.91, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% 0.0005 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.01 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8084, 50.3792, 50.9127)
Luminance	0.5038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCB5 #B5B8BF

analogous

#BFB7B5 #BFBCB5 #BDBFB5

triadic

#BFBCB5 #B5BFBC #BCB5BF

tetradic

#BFBCB5 #B5BFB7 #B5B8BF #BFB5BD

square

#BFBCB5 #B5BFB7 #B5B8BF #BFB5BD

split-complementary

#BFBCB5 #B5BDBF #B7B5BF

monochromatic

#868074 #A39E94 #BFBCB5 #DBDAD6 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFBCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BFBCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCB5

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCB5	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBCB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.010 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0cb',
    500: '#bfbcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbcb5;
$custom-light: #d2d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79564,
    "c": 0.0103,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCB5

secondary

#868A92

accent

#679154

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCB5

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

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