Information about French Grey color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #BFBDC1 reads as a softly muted balanced grey tone and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Expect to see shades like this in airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Silver (#C0C0C0). Slightly further away sit Silver Sand (#BFC1C2) and Eighth Stack (#C0C1BF).
The recipe behind #BFBDC1 is rgb(191, 189, 193), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 11.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.9:1. The name "French Grey" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
French Grey color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
French Grey color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
French Grey color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
French Grey color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
French Grey color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
French Grey color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to French Grey color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to French Grey
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#C0C0C0
#BFC1C2
#C0C1BF
#BABDC1
#BBBDBD
#C0BFC7
#BCB8BE
#BFC0BB
#C3BEBB
#B9C3BE
#C4C3BC
#C2C5C6
French Grey color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BFBDC1
- RGB191, 189, 193
- CMYK1, 2, 0, 24
- CSSrgb(191, 189, 193)
- HSL270°, 3%, 75%
- HSL Precise270°, 3.125%, 74.902%
- HSV270°, 2%, 76%
- HSB270°, 2%, 76%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.749
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.741
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.757
- GLSLvec3(0.749, 0.741, 0.757)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.749, 0.741, 0.757, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.749, 0.741, 0.757)
- Percentage of Red in RGB74.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB74.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB75.7%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDBFBDC1
- DECIMAL ID12565953
- Name Length11
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