#BDB6BC#BDB6BC

#BDB6BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.011 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB6BC
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(309, 5%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(309, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, 3.57, -2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 4.17, 328.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% 0.0099 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.011 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7899, 47.9058, 54.3490)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB6BC #B6BDB7

analogous

#BAB6BD #BDB6BC #BDB6B8

triadic

#BDB6BC #BCBDB6 #B6BCBD

tetradic

#BDB6BC #BDBAB6 #B6BDB7 #B6B8BD

square

#BDB6BC #BDBAB6 #B6BDB7 #B6B8BD

split-complementary

#BDB6BC #B8BDB6 #B6BDBA

monochromatic

#837681 #A0969F #BDB6BC #DAD6D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDB6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BDB6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB6BC

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB6BC	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.011 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd0',
    500: '#bdb6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb6bc;
$custom-light: #d0cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 5.036,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7838,
    "c": 0.01144,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB6BC

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8F5F57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB6BC

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

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