Light gray
#BFC0CD
#BFC0CD is a light gray with almost no color, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.4:1. On white it reaches only 1.8:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#BFC0CD shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #BFC0CD kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F5F6FF
- 100 E9EAF4
- 200 D7D8E3
- 300 BFC0CD
- 400 A1A2AE
- 500 868793
- 600 6B6C78
- 700 54545F
- 800 3E3F48
- 900 2A2B32
- 950 17181E
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #f5f6ff; --color-gray-100: #e9eaf4; --color-gray-200: #d7d8e3; --color-gray-300: #bfc0cd; --color-gray-400: #a1a2ae; --color-gray-500: #868793; --color-gray-600: #6b6c78; --color-gray-700: #54545f; --color-gray-800: #3e3f48; --color-gray-900: #2a2b32; --color-gray-950: #17181e;}Is #BFC0CD readable?
Contrast for text on #BFC0CD and for #BFC0CD 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 · 1.8APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.4APCA Lc 70 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #757681 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 34 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.4APCA Lc 69 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #BFC0CD
Six palettes built around #BFC0CD, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#BFC0CD · #B080D7 · #49A2E7 · #FFDFEE · #252632
- Complementary#BFC0CD · #CDAF30 · #D0AF00 · #D4DCFF · #24242A
- Split complementary#BFC0CD · #C58D4B · #8FC44F · #E1E2FF · #27282F
- Triadic#BFC0CD · #D57F57 · #00B58D · #CDD3FE · #252630
- Tetradic#BFC0CD · #C96D84 · #D4B100 · #9AE4E7 · #232633
- Monochromatic#BFC0CD · #979CDF · #9A84FF · #CBD1FF · #23242E
#BFC0CD as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #BFC0CD looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F5F6FF
- Brand 100, #E9EAF4
- Brand 200, #D7D8E3
- Brand 300, #BFC0CD
- Brand 400, #A1A2AE
- Brand 500, #868793
- Brand 600, #6B6C78
- Brand 700, #54545F
- Brand 800, #3E3F48
- Brand 900, #2A2B32
- Brand 950, #17181E
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F5
- Neutral 200, #E5E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D3D4D8
- Neutral 400, #A0A0A7
- Neutral 500, #72737A
- Neutral 600, #53545A
- Neutral 700, #3F4046
- Neutral 800, #27272D
- Neutral 900, #17171C
- Neutral 950, #090A0E
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, #E9A952
- 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 11.0:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.0:1.
- 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 #BFC0CD
Lighter and darker versions of #BFC0CD.