#BDB6BA#BDB6BA

#BDB6BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.010 H 341.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB6BA
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 186)
HSL	hsl(326, 5%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(326, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, 3.20, -1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 3.40, 340.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% 0.0092 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.01 341.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5758, 47.8201, 53.2214)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB6BA #B6BDB9

analogous

#BCB6BD #BDB6BA #BDB6B6

triadic

#BDB6BA #BABDB6 #B6BABD

tetradic

#BDB6BA #BDBCB6 #B6BDB9 #B6B6BD

square

#BDB6BA #BDBCB6 #B6BDB9 #B6B6BD

split-complementary

#BDB6BA #B6BDB6 #B6BDBC

monochromatic

#83767D #A0969C #BDB6BA #DAD6D8 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDB6BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BDB6BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB6BA

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB6BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB6BA	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb6ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.010 341.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbce',
    500: '#bdb6ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb6ba;
$custom-light: #d0cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb6ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.714,
    "s": 5.036,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7832,
    "c": 0.00964,
    "h": 341.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB6BA

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8F6F57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB6BA

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

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