#BDB7BA#BDB7BA

#BDB7BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.008 H 345.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7BA
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 186)
HSL	hsl(330, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(330, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, 2.66, -0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 2.77, 343.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% 0.0077 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.008 345.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7813, 48.2312, 53.2899)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7BA #B7BDBA

analogous

#BDB7BD #BDB7BA #BDB7B7

triadic

#BDB7BA #BABDB7 #B7BABD

tetradic

#BDB7BA #BDBDB7 #B7BDBA #B7B7BD

square

#BDB7BA #BDBDB7 #B7BDBA #B7B7BD

split-complementary

#BDB7BA #B7BDB7 #B7BDBD

monochromatic

#82777D #A0979B #BDB7BA #DAD7D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDB7BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BDB7BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7BA

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7BA	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.008 345.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccce',
    500: '#bdb7ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7ba;
$custom-light: #d0ccce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 4.348,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78523,
    "c": 0.00793,
    "h": 345.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7BA

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#8E7357

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7BA

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

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