#BDB5BD#BDB5BD

#BDB5BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.014 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5BD
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, 4.29, -3.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 5.26, 324.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% 0.0118 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.014 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6940, 47.5409, 54.8507)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5BD #B5BDB5

analogous

#B9B5BD #BDB5BD #BDB5B9

triadic

#BDB5BD #BDBDB5 #B5BDBD

tetradic

#BDB5BD #BDB9B5 #B5BDB5 #B5B9BD

square

#BDB5BD #BDB9B5 #B5BDB5 #B5B9BD

split-complementary

#BDB5BD #B9BDB5 #B5BDB9

monochromatic

#837583 #A095A0 #BDB5BD #DAD5DA #F1EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BDB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5BD

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5BD	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.014 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd0',
    500: '#bdb5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5bd;
$custom-light: #d0cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 5.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78208,
    "c": 0.01428,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5BD

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#905656

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5BD

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

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