#BFBABB

sRGB: 191 / 186 / 187

Ancient mountains reshape eternity
Restless constellations awaken beneath celestial skies
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#BFBABB belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 191 red, 186 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 348.0° lands in the red region. Its 3.8% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 73.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (10.96:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 191, 186, 187
HSL: 348.00°, 3.76%, 73.92%
HSV / HSB: 348.00°, 2.62%, 74.90%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 2.62%, 2.09%, 25.10%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 48.012, 49.782, 54.095
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 75.935, 1.935, 0.118
WCAG relative luminance: 0.49782
24-bit decimal: 12565179

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BFBABB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 10.96:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.92:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BABFBE sits half a turn (180°) from #BFBABB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BFBABB #BABFBE

Analogous

#BFBABE and #BFBBBA sit 30° to either side of #BFBABB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#BFBABE #BFBABB #BFBBBA

Triadic

#BFBABB, #BBBFBA and #BABBBF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BFBABB #BBBFBA #BABBBF

Split complementary

Start at #BFBABB and look across the wheel. #BABFBB and #BABEBF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BFBABB #BABFBB #BABEBF

Square

Starting with #BFBABB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BEBFBA, #BABFBE, then #BBBABF. Across the square, #BFBABB pairs with #BABFBE, and #BEBFBA with #BBBABF.

#BFBABB #BEBFBA #BABFBE #BBBABF

Tetradic

#BFBABB and #BABFBE are opposites, as are #BFBEBA and #BABBBF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BFBABB #BFBEBA #BABFBE #BABBBF

Tints

Mixing #BFBABB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC8C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F1F1, the mixture is 80% white.

#BFBABB #CCC8C9 #D9D6D6 #E5E3E4 #F2F1F1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BFBABB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #999596, keeps 80% of the original. By #262525, the mixture is 80% black.

#BFBABB #999596 #737070 #4C4A4B #262525 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BFBABB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2AEAF, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D8C8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BFBABB #B2AEAF #A6A3A3 #999798 #8D8C8C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BFBABB

RGB

rgb(191 186 187)

HSL

hsl(348.000 3.759% 73.922%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BFBABB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BFBABB uses 191 red, 186 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.9%

Green 72.9%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BFBABB is 0.0% cyan, 2.6% magenta, 2.1% yellow and 25.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 2.6%

Yellow 2.1%

Black 25.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBBBBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BBB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BFBABB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBBBBB Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#BFBABB #BEBBBC #BDBCBC #BDBDBD #BCBDBD #BBBEBE #BABFBE

Color vision previews

Compare how #BFBABB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#BBBBBB

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#BCBBBB

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C0BABA

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BCBBBB

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BDBBBB

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BFBABB

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#BBBBBB

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#BDBBBB

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.52100 G 0.49102 B 0.49693

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.74559 G 0.73007 B 0.73332

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.51567 G 0.49202 B 0.49692

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.316 y 0.328 Y 49.782

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 25.098 M % 27.059 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111111 10111010 10111011