Light gray
#BFB5BF
#BFB5BF is a light gray with almost no color, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.5:1. On white it reaches only 2.0:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#BFB5BF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #BFB5BF kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FBF4FB
- 100 F0E8F0
- 200 DED6DE
- 300 BFB5BF
- 400 A99FA9
- 500 8E848E
- 600 736A73
- 700 5A525A
- 800 443D44
- 900 2F292F
- 950 1B161B
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #fbf4fb; --color-gray-100: #f0e8f0; --color-gray-200: #ded6de; --color-gray-300: #bfb5bf; --color-gray-400: #a99fa9; --color-gray-500: #8e848e; --color-gray-600: #736a73; --color-gray-700: #5a525a; --color-gray-800: #443d44; --color-gray-900: #2f292f; --color-gray-950: #1b161b;}Is #BFB5BF readable?
Contrast for text on #BFB5BF and for #BFB5BF used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 43 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 9.5APCA Lc 65 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #7D747D · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.5APCA Lc 63 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #BFB5BF
Six palettes built around #BFB5BF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#BFB5BF · #D1779A · #BF99FF · #FFDDDB · #251C24
- Complementary#BFB5BF · #62BC72 · #5CC441 · #FFD3F8 · #29202C
- Split complementary#BFB5BF · #92C35B · #00B59A · #FFDBF8 · #2F2430
- Triadic#BFB5BF · #D4AB50 · #00CDE7 · #FFDDFC · #29232A
- Tetradic#BFB5BF · #C86D30 · #76CC81 · #D2EBFF · #241D23
- Monochromatic#BFB5BF · #B061A9 · #D481ED · #FDDDFF · #2C282D
#BFB5BF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #BFB5BF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FBF4FB
- Brand 100, #F0E8F0
- Brand 200, #DED6DE
- Brand 300, #BFB5BF
- Brand 400, #A99FA9
- Brand 500, #8E848E
- Brand 600, #736A73
- Brand 700, #5A525A
- Brand 800, #443D44
- Brand 900, #2F292F
- Brand 950, #1B161B
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFA
- Neutral 100, #F5F4F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E6
- Neutral 300, #D6D3D6
- Neutral 400, #A49FA4
- Neutral 500, #777177
- Neutral 600, #575257
- Neutral 700, #433E43
- Neutral 800, #2A262A
- Neutral 900, #1A161A
- Neutral 950, #0C090C
Success
- Success 50, #E5FFE9
- Success 100, #BEFECA
- Success 200, #A7EDB5
- Success 300, #87D597
- Success 400, #65B979
- Success 500, #51A867
- Success 600, #278143
- Success 700, #06672E
- Success 800, #004E20
- Success 900, #003614
- Success 950, #001F09
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5E9
- Warning 100, #FFE7CA
- Warning 200, #FFD096
- Warning 300, #E7A750
- Warning 400, #D29541
- Warning 500, #B67917
- Warning 600, #956000
- Warning 700, #764B00
- Warning 800, #593800
- Warning 900, #3E2500
- Warning 950, #251400
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC4
- Danger 300, #FFA398
- Danger 400, #F7766B
- Danger 500, #D4534A
- Danger 600, #B93B35
- Danger 700, #9A211F
- Danger 800, #7B070C
- Danger 900, #580004
- Danger 950, #360002
Info
- Info 50, #F0F8FF
- Info 100, #DBEEFF
- Info 200, #B9DEFF
- Info 300, #84C7FF
- Info 400, #5FAAE7
- Info 500, #3E8CC9
- Info 600, #2173AD
- Info 700, #00598F
- Info 800, #00436D
- Info 900, #002E4D
- Info 950, #001A2F
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.0:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.0:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #BFB5BF
Lighter and darker versions of #BFB5BF.