#BFBCBC#BFBCBC

#BFBCBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.003 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCBC
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(0, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(0, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, 1.05, 0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 1.11, 19.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.0032 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.003 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5448, 50.6738, 54.7908)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCBC #BCBFBF

analogous

#BFBCBE #BFBCBC #BFBEBC

triadic

#BFBCBC #BCBFBC #BCBCBF

tetradic

#BFBCBC #BEBFBC #BCBFBF #BEBCBF

square

#BFBCBC #BEBFBC #BCBFBF #BEBCBF

split-complementary

#BFBCBC #BCBFBE #BCBEBF

monochromatic

#837D7D #A19D9D #BFBCBC #DDDBDB #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BFBCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCBC

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCBC	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.003 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0d0',
    500: '#bfbcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbcbc;
$custom-light: #d2d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 2.29,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79765,
    "c": 0.00337,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCBC

secondary

#8E9191

accent

#8C8C59

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCBC

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

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