#BFC5BF#BFC5BF

#BFC5BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.011 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC5BF
RGB	rgb(191, 197, 191)
HSL	hsl(120, 5%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -3.18, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 3.91, 144.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0087 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.011 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.8544, 54.7703, 57.1727)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC5BF #C5BFC5

analogous

#C2C5BF #BFC5BF #BFC5C2

triadic

#BFC5BF #BFBFC5 #C5BFBF

tetradic

#BFC5BF #BFC2C5 #C5BFC5 #C5C2BF

square

#BFC5BF #BFC2C5 #C5BFC5 #C5C2BF

split-complementary

#BFC5BF #C2BFC5 #C5BFC2

monochromatic

#7F8B7F #9FA89F #BFC5BF #DFE2DF #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BFC5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#BFC5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC5BF

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC5BF	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 197, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.011 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d6d2',
    500: '#bfc5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc5bf;
$custom-light: #d2d6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 4.918,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.817,
    "c": 0.01058,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC5BF

secondary

#989098

accent

#578F8F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC5BF

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

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