#BDB6BF#BDB6BF

#BDB6BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.015 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB6BF
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 191)
HSL	hsl(287, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(287, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, 4.13, -3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 5.53, 318.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% 0.0111 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.015 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.1167, 48.0365, 56.0699)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB6BF #B8BFB6

analogous

#B8B6BF #BDB6BF #BFB6BC

triadic

#BDB6BF #BFBDB6 #B6BFBD

tetradic

#BDB6BF #BFB8B6 #B8BFB6 #B6BCBF

square

#BDB6BF #BFB8B6 #B8BFB6 #B6BCBF

split-complementary

#BDB6BF #BCBFB6 #B6BFB8

monochromatic

#827586 #A095A2 #BDB6BF #DAD7DC #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDB6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BDB6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB6BF

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB6BF	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.015 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd2',
    500: '#bdb6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb6bf;
$custom-light: #d0cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 6.569,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78472,
    "c": 0.01475,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB6BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#905562

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB6BF

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

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