#BDB2BD#BDB2BD

#BDB2BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.020 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2BD
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(300, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, 5.92, -4.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 7.24, 324.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% 0.0163 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.02 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0906, 46.3340, 54.6495)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2BD #B2BDB2

analogous

#B8B2BD #BDB2BD #BDB2B8

triadic

#BDB2BD #BDBDB2 #B2BDBD

tetradic

#BDB2BD #BDB8B2 #B2BDB2 #B2B8BD

square

#BDB2BD #BDB8B2 #B2BDB2 #B2B8BD

split-complementary

#BDB2BD #B8BDB2 #B2BDB8

monochromatic

#847184 #A191A1 #BDB2BD #D9D3D9 #F1EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BDB2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2BD

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2BD	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.020 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d0',
    500: '#bdb2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2bd;
$custom-light: #d0c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77604,
    "c": 0.01968,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2BD

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#925454

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2BD

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

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