#BDB3BA#BDB3BA

#BDB3BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.015 H 336.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3BA
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 186)
HSL	hsl(318, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(318, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, 4.82, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 5.33, 334.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% 0.0136 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.015 336.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9680, 46.6045, 53.0188)
Luminance	0.4660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3BA #B3BDB6

analogous

#BBB3BD #BDB3BA #BDB3B5

triadic

#BDB3BA #BABDB3 #B3BABD

tetradic

#BDB3BA #BDBBB3 #B3BDB6 #B3B5BD

square

#BDB3BA #BDBBB3 #B3BDB6 #B3B5BD

split-complementary

#BDB3BA #B5BDB3 #B3BDBB

monochromatic

#83727E #A1929C #BDB3BA #D9D4D8 #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDB3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BDB3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3BA

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3BA	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.015 336.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9ce',
    500: '#bdb3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3ba;
$custom-light: #d0c9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318,
    "s": 7.042,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77713,
    "c": 0.01489,
    "h": 336.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3BA

secondary

#E4E7E5

accent

#916755

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3BA

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

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