#BDB4BD#BDB4BD

#BDB4BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.016 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4BD
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(300, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, 4.83, -3.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 5.92, 324.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% 0.0133 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.016 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4914, 47.1357, 54.7831)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4BD #B4BDB4

analogous

#B9B4BD #BDB4BD #BDB4B9

triadic

#BDB4BD #BDBDB4 #B4BDBD

tetradic

#BDB4BD #BDB9B4 #B4BDB4 #B4B9BD

square

#BDB4BD #BDB9B4 #B4BDB4 #B4B9BD

split-complementary

#BDB4BD #B9BDB4 #B4BDB9

monochromatic

#837383 #A093A0 #BDB4BD #DAD5DA #F1EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDB4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BDB4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4BD

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4BD	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.016 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cad0',
    500: '#bdb4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4bd;
$custom-light: #d0cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 6.383,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78006,
    "c": 0.01608,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4BD

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#905555

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4BD

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

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