#BFBEB9#BFBEB9

#BFBEB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.007 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBEB9
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 185)
HSL	hsl(50, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 3.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -0.56, 2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 2.70, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.0009 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.007 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6549, 51.4062, 53.2487)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBEB9 #B9BABF

analogous

#BFBBB9 #BFBEB9 #BDBFB9

triadic

#BFBEB9 #B9BFBE #BEB9BF

tetradic

#BFBEB9 #B9BFBB #B9BABF #BFB9BD

square

#BFBEB9 #B9BFBB #B9BABF #BFB9BD

split-complementary

#BFBEB9 #B9BDBF #BBB9BF

monochromatic

#848379 #A2A099 #BFBEB9 #DCDCD9 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BFBEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BFBEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBEB9

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBEB9	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.007 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1ce',
    500: '#bfbeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbeb9;
$custom-light: #d2d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80087,
    "c": 0.00703,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBEB9

secondary

#8B8C92

accent

#608E57

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBEB9

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

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