#BFBCBD#BFBCBD

#BFBCBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.004 H 354.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCBD
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(340, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(340, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, 1.23, -0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 1.24, 353.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% 0.0036 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.004 354.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6529, 50.7171, 55.3605)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCBD #BCBFBE

analogous

#BFBCBF #BFBCBD #BFBDBC

triadic

#BFBCBD #BDBFBC #BCBDBF

tetradic

#BFBCBD #BFBFBC #BCBFBE #BDBCBF

square

#BFBCBD #BFBFBC #BCBFBE #BDBCBF

split-complementary

#BFBCBD #BCBFBD #BCBFBF

monochromatic

#837D7F #A19D9E #BFBCBD #DDDBDC #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BFBCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCBD

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCBD	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.004 354.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 2.29,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79794,
    "c": 0.00364,
    "h": 354.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCBD

secondary

#8E9190

accent

#8C7B59

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCBD

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

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