#BFBCB6#BFBCB6

#BFBCB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.009 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCB6
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 182)
HSL	hsl(40, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(40, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 4.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -0.03, 3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 3.40, 90.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% 0.0009 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.009 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9114, 50.4204, 51.4550)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCB6 #B6B9BF

analogous

#BFB7B6 #BFBCB6 #BDBFB6

triadic

#BFBCB6 #B6BFBC #BCB6BF

tetradic

#BFBCB6 #B6BFB7 #B6B9BF #BFB6BD

square

#BFBCB6 #B6BFB7 #B6B9BF #BFB6BD

split-complementary

#BFBCB6 #B6BDBF #B7B6BF

monochromatic

#868075 #A29E95 #BFBCB6 #DCDAD7 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBCB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BFBCB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCB6

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCB6	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	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)

#BEBCB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.009 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0cb',
    500: '#bfbcb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbcb6;
$custom-light: #d2d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 6.569,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79592,
    "c": 0.00901,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCB6

secondary

#878B92

accent

#699055

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCB6

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

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