#BFBFB9#BFBFB9

#BFBFB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.008 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBFB9
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 185)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -1.09, 3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 3.21, 109.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.0024 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.008 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.8723, 51.8408, 53.3211)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBFB9 #B9B9BF

analogous

#BFBCB9 #BFBFB9 #BCBFB9

triadic

#BFBFB9 #B9BFBF #BFB9BF

tetradic

#BFBFB9 #B9BFBC #B9B9BF #BFB9BC

square

#BFBFB9 #B9BFBC #B9B9BF #BFB9BC

split-complementary

#BFBFB9 #B9BCBF #BCB9BF

monochromatic

#848479 #A2A299 #BFBFB9 #DCDCD9 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BFBFB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BFBFB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBFB9

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBFB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBFB9	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BFB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbfb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.008 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2ce',
    500: '#bfbfb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbfb9;
$custom-light: #d2d2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbfb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80293,
    "c": 0.00831,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBFB9

secondary

#8B8B92

accent

#578E57

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBFB9

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

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