#BFBCB7#BFBCB7

#BFBCB7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.008 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCB7
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 183)
HSL	hsl(38, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(38, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 4.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, 0.15, 2.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 2.90, 87.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% 0.0013 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.008 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0151, 50.4619, 52.0012)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCB7 #B7BABF

analogous

#BFB8B7 #BFBCB7 #BEBFB7

triadic

#BFBCB7 #B7BFBC #BCB7BF

tetradic

#BFBCB7 #B7BFB8 #B7BABF #BFB7BE

square

#BFBCB7 #B7BFB8 #B7BABF #BFB7BE

split-complementary

#BFBCB7 #B7BEBF #B8B7BF

monochromatic

#858076 #A29E97 #BFBCB7 #DCDAD7 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBCB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BFBCB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCB7

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCB7	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.008 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0cc',
    500: '#bfbcb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbcb7;
$custom-light: #d2d0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79621,
    "c": 0.00775,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCB7

secondary

#888C92

accent

#6B9056

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCB7

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

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