#BDB2BC#BDB2BC

#BDB2BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.019 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2BC
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(305, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(305, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, 5.73, -3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 6.81, 327.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% 0.0159 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.019 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9824, 46.2908, 54.0798)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2BC #B2BDB3

analogous

#B9B2BD #BDB2BC #BDB2B7

triadic

#BDB2BC #BCBDB2 #B2BCBD

tetradic

#BDB2BC #BDB9B2 #B2BDB3 #B2B7BD

square

#BDB2BC #BDB9B2 #B2BDB3 #B2B7BD

split-complementary

#BDB2BC #B7BDB2 #B2BDB9

monochromatic

#847182 #A1919F #BDB2BC #D9D3D9 #F1EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BDB2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2BC

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2BC	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.019 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d0',
    500: '#bdb2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2bc;
$custom-light: #d0c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77573,
    "c": 0.01862,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2BC

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#925954

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2BC

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

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