#BFBDB4#BFBDB4

#BFBDB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.013 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDB4
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 180)
HSL	hsl(49, 8%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 5.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -0.92, 4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 4.88, 100.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0014 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.013 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9205, 50.7671, 50.4457)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDB4 #B4B6BF

analogous

#BFB7B4 #BFBDB4 #BBBFB4

triadic

#BFBDB4 #B4BFBD #BDB4BF

tetradic

#BFBDB4 #B4BFB7 #B4B6BF #BFB4BB

square

#BFBDB4 #B4BFB7 #B4B6BF #BFB4BB

split-complementary

#BFBDB4 #B4BBBF #B7B4BF

monochromatic

#868372 #A3A093 #BFBDB4 #DBDAD5 #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BFBDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDB4

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDB4	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)

#BFBCB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BDB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.013 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0ca',
    500: '#bfbdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbdb4;
$custom-light: #d2d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 7.914,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79742,
    "c": 0.01267,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDB4

secondary

#858892

accent

#5F9254

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDB4

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

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