#BDB5BE#BDB5BE

#BDB5BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.015 H 322.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5BE
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(293, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(293, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, 4.48, -3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 5.72, 321.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% 0.0122 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.015 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8030, 47.5845, 55.4243)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5BE #B6BEB5

analogous

#B8B5BE #BDB5BE #BEB5BA

triadic

#BDB5BE #BEBDB5 #B5BEBD

tetradic

#BDB5BE #BEB8B5 #B6BEB5 #B5BABE

square

#BDB5BE #BEB8B5 #B6BEB5 #B5BABE

split-complementary

#BDB5BE #BABEB5 #B5BEB8

monochromatic

#837484 #A094A1 #BDB5BE #DAD6DB #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BDB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5BE

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5BE	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.015 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd1',
    500: '#bdb5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5be;
$custom-light: #d0cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 6.475,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78239,
    "c": 0.01539,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5BE

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#90555C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5BE

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

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