#BFBEB5#BFBEB5

#BFBEB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.013 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBEB5
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 181)
HSL	hsl(54, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 5.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -1.27, 4.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 4.83, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0025 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.013 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2386, 51.2397, 51.0561)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBEB5 #B5B6BF

analogous

#BFB9B5 #BFBEB5 #BBBFB5

triadic

#BFBEB5 #B5BFBE #BEB5BF

tetradic

#BFBEB5 #B5BFB9 #B5B6BF #BFB5BB

square

#BFBEB5 #B5BFB9 #B5B6BF #BFB5BB

split-complementary

#BFBEB5 #B5BBBF #B9B5BF

monochromatic

#868474 #A3A194 #BFBEB5 #DBDBD6 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BFBEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BFBEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBEB5

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBEB5	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BEB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.013 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1cb',
    500: '#bfbeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbeb5;
$custom-light: #d2d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79975,
    "c": 0.0125,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBEB5

secondary

#868792

accent

#5A9154

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBEB5

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

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