#BDB2BA#BDB2BA

#BDB2BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.017 H 335.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2BA
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 186)
HSL	hsl(316, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(316, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, 5.36, -2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 5.98, 333.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% 0.0151 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.017 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7683, 46.2051, 52.9522)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2BA #B2BDB5

analogous

#BBB2BD #BDB2BA #BDB2B5

triadic

#BDB2BA #BABDB2 #B2BABD

tetradic

#BDB2BA #BDBBB2 #B2BDB5 #B2B5BD

square

#BDB2BA #BDBBB2 #B2BDB5 #B2B5BD

split-complementary

#BDB2BA #B5BDB2 #B2BDBB

monochromatic

#84717F #A1919C #BDB2BA #D9D3D8 #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BDB2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2BA

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2BA	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.017 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9ce',
    500: '#bdb2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2ba;
$custom-light: #d0c9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.364,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77511,
    "c": 0.01667,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2BA

secondary

#E4E7E5

accent

#926554

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2BA

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

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