#BFBCB9#BFBCB9

#BFBCB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.005 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCB9
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(30, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(30, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 3.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, 0.50, 1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 1.95, 75.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% 0.002 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.005 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2247, 50.5458, 53.1053)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCB9 #B9BCBF

analogous

#BFB9B9 #BFBCB9 #BFBFB9

triadic

#BFBCB9 #B9BFBC #BCB9BF

tetradic

#BFBCB9 #B9BFB9 #B9BCBF #BFB9BF

square

#BFBCB9 #B9BFB9 #B9BCBF #BFB9BF

split-complementary

#BFBCB9 #B9BFBF #B9B9BF

monochromatic

#847F79 #A29D99 #BFBCB9 #DCDBD9 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BFBCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCB9

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCB9	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.005 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0ce',
    500: '#bfbcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbcb9;
$custom-light: #d2d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79678,
    "c": 0.00539,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCB9

secondary

#8B8E92

accent

#738E57

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCB9

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

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