#BDB4BC#BDB4BC

#BDB4BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.015 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4BC
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(307, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(307, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, 4.65, -2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 5.49, 327.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% 0.0129 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.015 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3833, 47.0924, 54.2134)
Luminance	0.4709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4BC #B4BDB5

analogous

#BAB4BD #BDB4BC #BDB4B8

triadic

#BDB4BC #BCBDB4 #B4BCBD

tetradic

#BDB4BC #BDBAB4 #B4BDB5 #B4B8BD

square

#BDB4BC #BDBAB4 #B4BDB5 #B4B8BD

split-complementary

#BDB4BC #B8BDB4 #B4BDBA

monochromatic

#837381 #A0939F #BDB4BC #DAD5D9 #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDB4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BDB4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4BC

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4BC	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.015 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cad0',
    500: '#bdb4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4bc;
$custom-light: #d0cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 6.383,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77976,
    "c": 0.01502,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4BC

secondary

#E4E7E5

accent

#905C55

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4BC

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

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