#BFBCB8#BFBCB8

#BFBCB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.007 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCB8
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(34, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(34, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 3.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, 0.32, 2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 2.41, 82.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% 0.0017 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.007 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1195, 50.5037, 52.5513)
Luminance	0.5050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCB8 #B8BBBF

analogous

#BFB8B8 #BFBCB8 #BEBFB8

triadic

#BFBCB8 #B8BFBC #BCB8BF

tetradic

#BFBCB8 #B8BFB8 #B8BBBF #BFB8BE

square

#BFBCB8 #B8BFB8 #B8BBBF #BFB8BE

split-complementary

#BFBCB8 #B8BEBF #B8B8BF

monochromatic

#857F78 #A29E98 #BFBCB8 #DCDAD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BFBCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCB8

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCB8	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.007 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0cd',
    500: '#bfbcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbcb8;
$custom-light: #d2d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79649,
    "c": 0.00653,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCB8

secondary

#898D92

accent

#6F8F56

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCB8

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

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