#BFBFBD#BFBFBD

#BFBFBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.003 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBFBD
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(60, 2%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(60, 1%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -0.37, 1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 1.07, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0008 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.003 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.3005, 52.0121, 55.5763)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBFBD #BDBDBF

analogous

#BFBEBD #BFBFBD #BEBFBD

triadic

#BFBFBD #BDBFBF #BFBDBF

tetradic

#BFBFBD #BDBFBE #BDBDBF #BFBDBE

square

#BFBFBD #BDBFBE #BDBDBF #BFBDBE

split-complementary

#BFBFBD #BDBEBF #BEBDBF

monochromatic

#83837F #A1A19E #BFBFBD #DDDDDC #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BFBFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BFBFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBFBD

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBFBD	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.003 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2d0',
    500: '#bfbfbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbfbd;
$custom-light: #d2d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80407,
    "c": 0.00277,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBFBD

secondary

#8F8F91

accent

#5A8B5A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBFBD

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

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