#BDB3BD#BDB3BD

#BDB3BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.018 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3BD
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(300, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, 5.37, -3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 6.58, 324.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% 0.0148 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.018 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2903, 46.7334, 54.7161)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3BD #B3BDB3

analogous

#B8B3BD #BDB3BD #BDB3B8

triadic

#BDB3BD #BDBDB3 #B3BDBD

tetradic

#BDB3BD #BDB8B3 #B3BDB3 #B3B8BD

square

#BDB3BD #BDB8B3 #B3BDB3 #B3B8BD

split-complementary

#BDB3BD #B8BDB3 #B3BDB8

monochromatic

#837283 #A192A1 #BDB3BD #D9D4D9 #F1EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDB3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BDB3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3BD

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3BD	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.018 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d0',
    500: '#bdb3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3bd;
$custom-light: #d0c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 7.042,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77805,
    "c": 0.01787,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3BD

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#915555

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3BD

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

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