#BFBDB6#BFBDB6

#BFBDB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.010 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDB6
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 182)
HSL	hsl(47, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 4.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -0.56, 3.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 3.82, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0006 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.01 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1257, 50.8492, 51.5264)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDB6 #B6B8BF

analogous

#BFB8B6 #BFBDB6 #BCBFB6

triadic

#BFBDB6 #B6BFBD #BDB6BF

tetradic

#BFBDB6 #B6BFB8 #B6B8BF #BFB6BC

square

#BFBDB6 #B6BFB8 #B6B8BF #BFB6BC

split-complementary

#BFBDB6 #B6BCBF #B8B6BF

monochromatic

#868275 #A2A095 #BFBDB6 #DCDAD7 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBDB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BFBDB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDB6

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDB6	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbdb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.010 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0cb',
    500: '#bfbdb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbdb6;
$custom-light: #d2d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbdb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 6.569,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79798,
    "c": 0.00997,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDB6

secondary

#878A92

accent

#629055

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDB6

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

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