#BFBEC5#BFBEC5

#BFBEC5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.010 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBEC5
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(249, 6%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(249, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, 1.66, -3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 3.78, 296.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% 0.0038 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.01 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9756, 51.9344, 60.2040)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBEC5 #C4C5BE

analogous

#BEC0C5 #BFBEC5 #C2BEC5

triadic

#BFBEC5 #C5BFBE #BEC5BF

tetradic

#BFBEC5 #C5BEC0 #C4C5BE #BEC5C2

square

#BFBEC5 #C5BEC0 #C4C5BE #BEC5C2

split-complementary

#BFBEC5 #C5C2BE #C0C5BE

monochromatic

#7F7D8B #9F9EA8 #BFBEC5 #DFDEE2 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BFBEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#BFBEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBEC5

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBEC5	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBFC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBFC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.010 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1d6',
    500: '#bfbec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbec5;
$custom-light: #d2d1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 5.691,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80442,
    "c": 0.00979,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBEC5

secondary

#97988F

accent

#905687

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBEC5

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

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