#BFBDB9#BFBDB9

#BFBDB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.006 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDB9
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(40, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(40, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 3.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -0.03, 2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 2.26, 90.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0006 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.006 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4391, 50.9745, 53.1767)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDB9 #B9BBBF

analogous

#BFBAB9 #BFBDB9 #BEBFB9

triadic

#BFBDB9 #B9BFBD #BDB9BF

tetradic

#BFBDB9 #B9BFBA #B9BBBF #BFB9BE

square

#BFBDB9 #B9BFBA #B9BBBF #BFB9BE

split-complementary

#BFBDB9 #B9BEBF #BAB9BF

monochromatic

#848179 #A29F99 #BFBDB9 #DCDBD9 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BFBDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDB9

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDB9	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)

#BEBDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.006 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0ce',
    500: '#bfbdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbdb9;
$custom-light: #d2d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79882,
    "c": 0.00601,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDB9

secondary

#8B8D92

accent

#6A8E57

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDB9

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

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