#BDB4BF#BDB4BF

#BDB4BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.018 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4BF
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(289, 8%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(289, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, 5.21, -4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 6.84, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% 0.0141 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.018 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7100, 47.2231, 55.9343)
Luminance	0.4722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4BF #B6BFB4

analogous

#B7B4BF #BDB4BF #BFB4BB

triadic

#BDB4BF #BFBDB4 #B4BFBD

tetradic

#BDB4BF #BFB7B4 #B6BFB4 #B4BBBF

square

#BDB4BF #BFB7B4 #B6BFB4 #B4BBBF

split-complementary

#BDB4BF #BBBFB4 #B4BFB7

monochromatic

#837286 #A093A3 #BDB4BF #DAD5DB #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDB4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BDB4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4BF

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4BF	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)

#B3B6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.018 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cad2',
    500: '#bdb4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4bf;
$custom-light: #d0cad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 7.914,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78068,
    "c": 0.01832,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#92545F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4BF

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

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