#BDB5BB#BDB5BB

#BDB5BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.012 H 334.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5BB
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(315, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(315, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, 3.92, -2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 4.42, 332.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% 0.011 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.012 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4784, 47.4547, 53.7152)
Luminance	0.4745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5BB #B5BDB7

analogous

#BBB5BD #BDB5BB #BDB5B7

triadic

#BDB5BB #BBBDB5 #B5BBBD

tetradic

#BDB5BB #BDBBB5 #B5BDB7 #B5B7BD

square

#BDB5BB #BDBBB5 #B5BDB7 #B5B7BD

split-complementary

#BDB5BB #B7BDB5 #B5BDBB

monochromatic

#83757F #A0959D #BDB5BB #DAD5D9 #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BDB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5BB

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5BB	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.012 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbcf',
    500: '#bdb5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5bb;
$custom-light: #d0cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 5.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78147,
    "c": 0.01226,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5BB

secondary

#E4E7E5

accent

#906456

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5BB

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

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