#BDB6BD#BDB6BD

#BDB6BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.012 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB6BD
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 5%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, 3.75, -2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 4.60, 324.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% 0.0103 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.012 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8981, 47.9490, 54.9187)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB6BD #B6BDB6

analogous

#B9B6BD #BDB6BD #BDB6B9

triadic

#BDB6BD #BDBDB6 #B6BDBD

tetradic

#BDB6BD #BDB9B6 #B6BDB6 #B6B9BD

square

#BDB6BD #BDB9B6 #B6BDB6 #B6B9BD

split-complementary

#BDB6BD #B9BDB6 #B6BDB9

monochromatic

#837683 #A096A0 #BDB6BD #DAD6DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDB6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BDB6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB6BD

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB6BD	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.012 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd0',
    500: '#bdb6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb6bd;
$custom-light: #d0cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 5.036,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78411,
    "c": 0.01248,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB6BD

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8F5757

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB6BD

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

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