#BFBDBA#BFBDBA

#BFBDBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.005 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDBA
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(36, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(36, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 2.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, 0.15, 1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 1.77, 85.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% 0.001 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.005 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5450, 51.0169, 53.7347)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDBA #BABCBF

analogous

#BFBBBA #BFBDBA #BFBFBA

triadic

#BFBDBA #BABFBD #BDBABF

tetradic

#BFBDBA #BABFBB #BABCBF #BFBABF

square

#BFBDBA #BABFBB #BABCBF #BFBABF

split-complementary

#BFBDBA #BABFBF #BBBABF

monochromatic

#84807B #A29F9A #BFBDBA #DCDBDA #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BFBDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BFBDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDBA

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDBA	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.005 78.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 3.759,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79911,
    "c": 0.00476,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDBA

secondary

#8C8E92

accent

#6D8E58

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDBA

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

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