#BFBBBC

sRGB: 191 / 187 / 188

#BFBBBC belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 191 red, 187 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 345.0° lands in the rose region. Its 3.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 74.1% 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 (11.05:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 191, 187, 188
HSL: 345.00°, 3.03%, 74.12%
HSV / HSB: 345.00°, 2.09%, 74.90%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 2.09%, 1.57%, 25.10%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 48.331, 50.248, 54.731
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 76.221, 1.582, -0.008
WCAG relative luminance: 0.50248
24-bit decimal: 12565436

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 #BFBBBC 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: 11.05:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.90:1

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

#BBBFBE sits half a turn (180°) from #BFBBBC 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.

#BFBBBC #BBBFBE

Analogous

#BFBBBE and #BFBCBB sit 30° to either side of #BFBBBC. 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.

#BFBBBE #BFBBBC #BFBCBB

Triadic

#BFBBBC, #BCBFBB and #BBBCBF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BFBBBC #BCBFBB #BBBCBF

Split complementary

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

#BFBBBC #BBBFBC #BBBEBF

Square

Starting with #BFBBBC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BEBFBB, #BBBFBE, then #BCBBBF. Across the square, #BFBBBC pairs with #BBBFBE, and #BEBFBB with #BCBBBF.

#BFBBBC #BEBFBB #BBBFBE #BCBBBF

Tetradic

#BFBBBC and #BBBFBE are opposites, as are #BFBEBB and #BBBCBF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BFBBBC #BFBEBB #BBBFBE #BBBCBF

Tints

Mixing #BFBBBC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC9C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F1F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#BFBBBC #CCC9C9 #D9D6D7 #E5E4E4 #F2F1F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BFBBBC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #999696, keeps 80% of the original. By #262526, the mixture is 80% black.

#BFBBBC #999696 #737071 #4C4B4B #262526 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BFBBBC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2AFB0, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D8C8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BFBBBC #B2AFB0 #A6A3A4 #999898 #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

#BFBBBC

RGB

rgb(191 187 188)

HSL

hsl(345.000 3.030% 74.118%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BFBBBC uses 191 red, 187 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.9%

Green 73.3%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BFBBBC is 0.0% cyan, 2.1% magenta, 1.6% yellow and 25.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 2.1%

Yellow 1.6%

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 #BFBBBC 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

#BFBBBC #BEBCBC #BEBCBD #BDBDBD #BCBEBD #BCBEBE #BBBFBE

Color vision previews

Compare how #BFBBBC 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.

#BBBCBC

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.

#BCBCBC

Tritanopia

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

#C0BBBB

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.

#BDBBBC

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.

#BDBCBC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BFBBBC

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#BCBCBC

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.

#BDBBBC

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 0.49693 B 0.50289

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 0.74627 G 0.73386 B 0.73718

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.51672 G 0.49773 B 0.50276

CIE xyY

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

x 0.315 y 0.328 Y 50.248

CMY

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

C % 25.098 M % 26.667 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

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

10111111 10111011 10111100