#BDB4BE#BDB4BE

#BDB4BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.017 H 322.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4BE
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(294, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(294, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, 5.02, -3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 6.37, 321.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% 0.0137 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.017 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6003, 47.1793, 55.3568)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4BE #B5BEB4

analogous

#B8B4BE #BDB4BE #BEB4BA

triadic

#BDB4BE #BEBDB4 #B4BEBD

tetradic

#BDB4BE #BEB8B4 #B5BEB4 #B4BABE

square

#BDB4BE #BEB8B4 #B5BEB4 #B4BABE

split-complementary

#BDB4BE #BABEB4 #B4BEB8

monochromatic

#837385 #A093A2 #BDB4BE #DAD5DA #F1EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDB4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BDB4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4BE

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4BE	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.017 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cad1',
    500: '#bdb4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4be;
$custom-light: #d0cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78037,
    "c": 0.01718,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4BE

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#91545A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4BE

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

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