#BFBFC9

Closest named color: Silver (#C0C0C0). oklch(80.8% 0.014 286.1), rgb(191, 191, 201).

Black text reads best on this color (11.51:1).

About this color

#BFBFC9 is a light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 81%, its chroma 0.014. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Silver (#C0C0C0), ΔE 0.014 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.51:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	light (81%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.014)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Silver (#C0C0C0)
Black text	11.51:1
White text	1.82:1

Values

HEX	#BFBFC9
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 201)
HSL	hsl(240, 8%, 77%)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.014 286.1)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #BFBFC9	1.82:1	Fails	Lc -38.2	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #BFBFC9	11.51:1	AAA	Lc 69.8	Content text, not long reading
#BFBFC9 text on white	1.82:1	Fails	Lc 34.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#BFBFC9 text on black	11.51:1	AAA	Lc -68.5	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F5F5F7

oklch(97.1% 0.003 286.4)
Step 100
100

#E9E9EC

oklch(93.5% 0.004 286.3)
Step 200
200

#D8D8DE

oklch(88.4% 0.008 286.2)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#BFBFC9

oklch(80.8% 0.014 286.1)
Step 400
400

#9F9FAE

oklch(70.7% 0.022 285.8)
Step 500
500

#88879A

oklch(63.1% 0.028 288)
Step 600
600

#717185

oklch(55.6% 0.031 285.4)
Step 700
700

#5F5F71

oklch(49.2% 0.029 285.3)
Step 800
800

#4E4D5C

oklch(42.7% 0.025 288.4)
Step 900
900

#40404B

oklch(37.6% 0.019 285.5)
Step 950
950

#26262C

oklch(27.1% 0.011 285.6)

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#BFBFC9 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#BDC0CA	0.003
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#BDBFC9	0.003
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#BDC1C2	0.013
Achromatopsia (no color)	#C0C0C0	0.014

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #BFBFC9, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #BFBFC9 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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