#BFBDB5#BFBDB5

#BFBDB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.011 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDB5
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(48, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 5.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -0.74, 4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 4.35, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.001 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.011 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0228, 50.8080, 50.9841)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDB5 #B5B7BF

analogous

#BFB8B5 #BFBDB5 #BCBFB5

triadic

#BFBDB5 #B5BFBD #BDB5BF

tetradic

#BFBDB5 #B5BFB8 #B5B7BF #BFB5BC

square

#BFBDB5 #B5BFB8 #B5B7BF #BFB5BC

split-complementary

#BFBDB5 #B5BCBF #B8B5BF

monochromatic

#868274 #A3A094 #BFBDB5 #DBDAD6 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BFBDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDB5

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDB5	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBCB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.011 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0cb',
    500: '#bfbdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbdb5;
$custom-light: #d2d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7977,
    "c": 0.01132,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDB5

secondary

#868992

accent

#609154

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDB5

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

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