#BDB5BF#BDB5BF

#BDB5BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.017 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5BF
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(288, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(288, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, 4.67, -4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 6.18, 319.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% 0.0126 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.017 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9126, 47.6284, 56.0019)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5BF #B7BFB5

analogous

#B8B5BF #BDB5BF #BFB5BC

triadic

#BDB5BF #BFBDB5 #B5BFBD

tetradic

#BDB5BF #BFB8B5 #B7BFB5 #B5BCBF

square

#BDB5BF #BFB8B5 #B7BFB5 #B5BCBF

split-complementary

#BDB5BF #BCBFB5 #B5BFB8

monochromatic

#827486 #A094A3 #BDB5BF #DAD6DB #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BDB5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5BF

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5BF	1.00	2.00	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.017 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd2',
    500: '#bdb5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5bf;
$custom-light: #d0cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7827,
    "c": 0.01653,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#915460

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5BF

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

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