#BFBFB5#BFBFB5

#BFBFB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.014 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBFB5
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 181)
HSL	hsl(60, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 5.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -1.80, 5.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 5.35, 109.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.004 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.014 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4560, 51.6743, 51.1285)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBFB5 #B5B5BF

analogous

#BFBAB5 #BFBFB5 #BABFB5

triadic

#BFBFB5 #B5BFBF #BFB5BF

tetradic

#BFBFB5 #B5BFBA #B5B5BF #BFB5BA

square

#BFBFB5 #B5BFBA #B5B5BF #BFB5BA

split-complementary

#BFBFB5 #B5BABF #BAB5BF

monochromatic

#868674 #A3A394 #BFBFB5 #DBDBD6 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BFBFB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BFBFB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBFB5

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBFB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBFB5	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BFB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbfb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.014 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2cb',
    500: '#bfbfb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbfb5;
$custom-light: #d2d2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbfb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80181,
    "c": 0.01381,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBFB5

secondary

#868692

accent

#549154

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBFB5

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

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