#BDB5BC#BDB5BC

#BDB5BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.013 H 329.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5BC
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(308, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(308, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, 4.11, -2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 4.83, 328.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% 0.0114 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.013 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5859, 47.4976, 54.2810)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5BC #B5BDB6

analogous

#BAB5BD #BDB5BC #BDB5B8

triadic

#BDB5BC #BCBDB5 #B5BCBD

tetradic

#BDB5BC #BDBAB5 #B5BDB6 #B5B8BD

square

#BDB5BC #BDBAB5 #B5BDB6 #B5B8BD

split-complementary

#BDB5BC #B8BDB5 #B5BDBA

monochromatic

#837581 #A0959F #BDB5BC #DAD5D9 #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BDB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5BC

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5BC	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.013 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd0',
    500: '#bdb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5bc;
$custom-light: #d0cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 5.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78178,
    "c": 0.01323,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5BC

secondary

#E4E7E5

accent

#905D56

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5BC

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

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