#BFBDB7#BFBDB7

#BFBDB7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.009 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDB7
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 183)
HSL	hsl(45, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 4.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -0.39, 3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 3.30, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0002 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.009 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2295, 50.8906, 52.0726)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDB7 #B7B9BF

analogous

#BFB9B7 #BFBDB7 #BDBFB7

triadic

#BFBDB7 #B7BFBD #BDB7BF

tetradic

#BFBDB7 #B7BFB9 #B7B9BF #BFB7BD

square

#BFBDB7 #B7BFB9 #B7B9BF #BFB7BD

split-complementary

#BFBDB7 #B7BDBF #B9B7BF

monochromatic

#858176 #A29F97 #BFBDB7 #DCDBD7 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBDB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BFBDB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDB7

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDB7	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbdb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.009 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0cc',
    500: '#bfbdb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbdb7;
$custom-light: #d2d0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbdb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79826,
    "c": 0.00863,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDB7

secondary

#888B92

accent

#649056

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDB7

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

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