#BDB3BC#BDB3BC

#BDB3BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.017 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3BC
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(306, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(306, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, 5.19, -3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 6.15, 327.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% 0.0144 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.017 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1821, 46.6902, 54.1464)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3BC #B3BDB4

analogous

#B9B3BD #BDB3BC #BDB3B7

triadic

#BDB3BC #BCBDB3 #B3BCBD

tetradic

#BDB3BC #BDB9B3 #B3BDB4 #B3B7BD

square

#BDB3BC #BDB9B3 #B3BDB4 #B3B7BD

split-complementary

#BDB3BC #B7BDB3 #B3BDB9

monochromatic

#837282 #A1929F #BDB3BC #D9D4D9 #F1EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDB3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BDB3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3BC

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3BC	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.017 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d0',
    500: '#bdb3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3bc;
$custom-light: #d0c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 7.042,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77774,
    "c": 0.01682,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3BC

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#915B55

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3BC

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

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