#BDB3BE#BDB3BE

#BDB3BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.019 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3BE
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(295, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, 5.56, -4.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 7.04, 322.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% 0.0152 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.019 323)
XYZ	xyz(46.3992, 46.7770, 55.2897)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3BE #B4BEB3

analogous

#B8B3BE #BDB3BE #BEB3BA

triadic

#BDB3BE #BEBDB3 #B3BEBD

tetradic

#BDB3BE #BEB8B3 #B4BEB3 #B3BABE

square

#BDB3BE #BEB8B3 #B4BEB3 #B3BABE

split-complementary

#BDB3BE #BABEB3 #B3BEB8

monochromatic

#837285 #A092A2 #BDB3BE #DAD4DA #F1EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDB3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BDB3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3BE

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3BE	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.019 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d1',
    500: '#bdb3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3be;
$custom-light: #d0c9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 7.801,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77836,
    "c": 0.01897,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.46777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3BE

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#925459

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3BE

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

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