#BFBCBE#BFBCBE

#BFBCBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.004 H 337.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCBE
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(320, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(320, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, 1.42, -0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 1.55, 335.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% 0.004 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.004 337.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7619, 50.7606, 55.9341)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCBE #BCBFBD

analogous

#BFBCBF #BFBCBE #BFBCBD

triadic

#BFBCBE #BEBFBC #BCBEBF

tetradic

#BFBCBE #BFBFBC #BCBFBD #BCBDBF

square

#BFBCBE #BFBFBC #BCBFBD #BCBDBF

split-complementary

#BFBCBE #BDBFBC #BCBFBF

monochromatic

#837D81 #A19DA0 #BFBCBE #DDDBDC #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BFBCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCBE

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCBE	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.004 337.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0d1',
    500: '#bfbcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbcbe;
$custom-light: #d2d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 2.29,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79824,
    "c": 0.00434,
    "h": 337.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCBE

secondary

#8E918F

accent

#8C6A59

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCBE

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

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