#BDB2B4#BDB2B4

#BDB2B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.013 H 4.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2B4
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 180)
HSL	hsl(349, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(349, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, 4.27, 0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 4.28, 5.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% 0.0128 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.013 4.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1438, 45.9553, 49.6632)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2B4 #B2BDBB

analogous

#BDB2BA #BDB2B4 #BDB6B2

triadic

#BDB2B4 #B4BDB2 #B2B4BD

tetradic

#BDB2B4 #BABDB2 #B2BDBB #B6B2BD

square

#BDB2B4 #BABDB2 #B2BDBB #B6B2BD

split-complementary

#BDB2B4 #B2BDB6 #B2BABD

monochromatic

#847174 #A19194 #BDB2B4 #D9D3D4 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB2B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BDB2B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2B4

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2B4	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B4B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.013 4.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9ca',
    500: '#bdb2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2b4;
$custom-light: #d0c9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77331,
    "c": 0.01285,
    "h": 4.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2B4

secondary

#E4E7E6

accent

#928654

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2B4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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