#BFBDB8#BFBDB8

#BFBDB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.007 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDB8
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(43, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(43, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 3.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -0.21, 2.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 2.78, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% 0.0002 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.007 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3339, 50.9324, 52.6227)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDB8 #B8BABF

analogous

#BFB9B8 #BFBDB8 #BDBFB8

triadic

#BFBDB8 #B8BFBD #BDB8BF

tetradic

#BFBDB8 #B8BFB9 #B8BABF #BFB8BD

square

#BFBDB8 #B8BFB9 #B8BABF #BFB8BD

split-complementary

#BFBDB8 #B8BDBF #B9B8BF

monochromatic

#858178 #A29F98 #BFBDB8 #DCDBD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BFBDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDB8

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDB8	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.007 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0cd',
    500: '#bfbdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbdb8;
$custom-light: #d2d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79854,
    "c": 0.00731,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDB8

secondary

#898C92

accent

#678F56

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDB8

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

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