#BFBEB8#BFBEB8

#BFBEB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.008 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBEB8
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 184)
HSL	hsl(51, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 3.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -0.74, 3.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 3.23, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.0013 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.008 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5498, 51.3641, 52.6947)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBEB8 #B8B9BF

analogous

#BFBAB8 #BFBEB8 #BCBFB8

triadic

#BFBEB8 #B8BFBE #BEB8BF

tetradic

#BFBEB8 #B8BFBA #B8B9BF #BFB8BC

square

#BFBEB8 #B8BFBA #B8B9BF #BFB8BC

split-complementary

#BFBEB8 #B8BCBF #BAB8BF

monochromatic

#858378 #A2A198 #BFBEB8 #DCDBD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BFBEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BFBEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBEB8

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBEB8	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BEB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.008 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1cd',
    500: '#bfbeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbeb8;
$custom-light: #d2d1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80059,
    "c": 0.0084,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBEB8

secondary

#898B92

accent

#5F8F56

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBEB8

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

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