#BFBEBD#BFBEBD

#BFBEBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.002 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBEBD
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(30, 2%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(30, 1%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, 0.16, 0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 0.65, 75.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% 0.0007 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.002 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0831, 51.5775, 55.5039)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBEBD #BDBEBF

analogous

#BFBDBD #BFBEBD #BFBFBD

triadic

#BFBEBD #BDBFBE #BEBDBF

tetradic

#BFBEBD #BDBFBD #BDBEBF #BFBDBF

square

#BFBEBD #BDBFBD #BDBEBF #BFBDBF

split-complementary

#BFBEBD #BDBFBF #BDBDBF

monochromatic

#83817F #A19F9E #BFBEBD #DDDDDC #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BFBEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BFBEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBEBD

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBEBD	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.002 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1d0',
    500: '#bfbebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbebd;
$custom-light: #d2d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 1.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80203,
    "c": 0.00179,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBEBD

secondary

#8F9091

accent

#738B5A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBEBD

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

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