#BDB3BB#BDB3BB

#BDB3BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.016 H 332.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3BB
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(312, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(312, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, 5.00, -2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 5.73, 330.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% 0.014 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.016 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0747, 46.6472, 53.5806)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3BB #B3BDB5

analogous

#BAB3BD #BDB3BB #BDB3B6

triadic

#BDB3BB #BBBDB3 #B3BBBD

tetradic

#BDB3BB #BDBAB3 #B3BDB5 #B3B6BD

square

#BDB3BB #BDBAB3 #B3BDB5 #B3B6BD

split-complementary

#BDB3BB #B6BDB3 #B3BDBA

monochromatic

#837280 #A1929E #BDB3BB #D9D4D8 #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDB3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BDB3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3BB

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3BB	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.016 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9cf',
    500: '#bdb3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3bb;
$custom-light: #d0c9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312,
    "s": 7.042,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77743,
    "c": 0.01582,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3BB

secondary

#E4E7E5

accent

#916155

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3BB

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

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