#BFC1BF

Closest named color: Silver (#C0C0C0). oklch(80.9% 0.004 145.5), rgb(191, 193, 191).

Black text reads best on this color (11.59:1).

About this color

#BFC1BF is a light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 81%, its chroma 0.004. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Silver (#C0C0C0), ΔE 0.004 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.59:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	light (81%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.004)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Silver (#C0C0C0)
Black text	11.59:1
White text	1.81:1

Values

HEX	#BFC1BF
RGB	rgb(191, 193, 191)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 75%)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.004 145.5)

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 #BFC1BF	1.81:1	Fails	Lc -37.8	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #BFC1BF	11.59:1	AAA	Lc 70.1	Content text, not long reading
#BFC1BF text on white	1.81:1	Fails	Lc 33.7	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#BFC1BF text on black	11.59:1	AAA	Lc -68.9	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

#F5F5F5

oklch(97% 0 0)
Step 100
100

#E9EAE9

oklch(93.6% 0.002 145.6)
Step 200
200

#D8D9D8

oklch(88.4% 0.002 145.6)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#BFC1BF

oklch(80.9% 0.004 145.5)
Step 400
400

#9EA19E

oklch(70.6% 0.005 145.5)
Step 500
500

#878B87

oklch(63.2% 0.008 145.5)
Step 600
600

#707570

oklch(55.7% 0.01 145.4)
Step 700
700

#5E625E

oklch(49.1% 0.008 145.5)
Step 800
800

#4D504D

oklch(42.8% 0.006 145.5)
Step 900
900

#404240

oklch(37.6% 0.004 145.5)
Step 950
950

#252725

oklch(27% 0.005 145.4)

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#BFC1BF 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)	#C1C1BF	0.003
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#C1C0BF	0.004
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#BFC1C0	0.001
Achromatopsia (no color)	#C0C0C0	0.004

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 #BFC1BF, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #BFC1BF in your product

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