#BDB4BA#BDB4BA

#BDB4BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.013 H 337.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4BA
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 186)
HSL	hsl(320, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(320, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, 4.28, -1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 4.68, 336.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% 0.0121 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.013 337.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1692, 47.0068, 53.0858)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4BA #B4BDB7

analogous

#BCB4BD #BDB4BA #BDB4B6

triadic

#BDB4BA #BABDB4 #B4BABD

tetradic

#BDB4BA #BDBCB4 #B4BDB7 #B4B6BD

square

#BDB4BA #BDBCB4 #B4BDB7 #B4B6BD

split-complementary

#BDB4BA #B6BDB4 #B4BDBC

monochromatic

#83737E #A0939C #BDB4BA #DAD5D8 #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDB4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BDB4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4BA

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4BA	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.013 337.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cace',
    500: '#bdb4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4ba;
$custom-light: #d0cace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 6.383,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77915,
    "c": 0.01312,
    "h": 337.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4BA

secondary

#E4E7E5

accent

#906955

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4BA

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

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