#BFBDBD#BFBDBD

#BFBDBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.002 H 17.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDBD
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(0, 2%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(0, 1%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, 0.70, 0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 0.74, 19.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80% 0.0022 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.002 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.8673, 51.1458, 55.4319)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDBD #BDBFBF

analogous

#BFBDBE #BFBDBD #BFBEBD

triadic

#BFBDBD #BDBFBD #BDBDBF

tetradic

#BFBDBD #BEBFBD #BDBFBF #BEBDBF

square

#BFBDBD #BEBFBD #BDBFBF #BEBDBF

split-complementary

#BFBDBD #BDBFBE #BDBEBF

monochromatic

#837F7F #A19E9E #BFBDBD #DDDCDC #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BFBDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BFBDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDBD

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDBD	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.002 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0d0',
    500: '#bfbdbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbdbd;
$custom-light: #d2d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 1.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79998,
    "c": 0.00225,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDBD

secondary

#8F9191

accent

#8B8B5A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDBD

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

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