Light gray
#BFC6BE
#BFC6BE is a light gray with almost no color, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.8:1. On white it reaches only 1.7:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#BFC6BE shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #BFC6BE kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F3F8F3
- 100 E8EDE7
- 200 D5DBD4
- 300 BFC6BE
- 400 9FA59E
- 500 838A82
- 600 696F68
- 700 515751
- 800 3C413C
- 900 282D28
- 950 161916
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #f3f8f3; --color-gray-100: #e8ede7; --color-gray-200: #d5dbd4; --color-gray-300: #bfc6be; --color-gray-400: #9fa59e; --color-gray-500: #838a82; --color-gray-600: #696f68; --color-gray-700: #515751; --color-gray-800: #3c413c; --color-gray-900: #282d28; --color-gray-950: #161916;}Is #BFC6BE readable?
Contrast for text on #BFC6BE and for #BFC6BE 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 · 1.7APCA Lc 36 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.8APCA Lc 71 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #727871 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 32 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.8APCA Lc 70 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #BFC6BE
Six palettes built around #BFC6BE, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#BFC6BE · #4AAC8B · #D0AF00 · #A5EAF0 · #1B231A
- Complementary#BFC6BE · #AA67AD · #CA83E1 · #AAF3B2 · #2A3528
- Split complementary#BFC6BE · #938EF6 · #F483BA · #C8F0CE · #242B23
- Triadic#BFC6BE · #708FE3 · #FF9587 · #C5F3C0 · #1B281C
- Tetradic#BFC6BE · #3499BE · #F080EB · #FFD1BC · #1E231D
- Monochromatic#BFC6BE · #70AB66 · #6FD064 · #BFE6C5 · #1F231E
#BFC6BE as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #BFC6BE looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F3F8F3
- Brand 100, #E8EDE7
- Brand 200, #D5DBD4
- Brand 300, #BFC6BE
- Brand 400, #9FA59E
- Brand 500, #838A82
- Brand 600, #696F68
- Brand 700, #515751
- Brand 800, #3C413C
- Brand 900, #282D28
- Brand 950, #161916
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFA
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F3
- Neutral 200, #E4E6E4
- Neutral 300, #D3D5D2
- Neutral 400, #9EA29E
- Neutral 500, #717470
- Neutral 600, #525551
- Neutral 700, #3E413E
- Neutral 800, #262926
- Neutral 900, #161916
- Neutral 950, #080B08
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, #E9A953
- 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 11.3:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.3:1.
- 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 #BFC6BE
Lighter and darker versions of #BFC6BE.