#BDB7BB#BDB7BB

#BDB7BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.009 H 337.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7BB
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 187)
HSL	hsl(320, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(320, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, 2.84, -1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 3.12, 335.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% 0.0081 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.009 337.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8880, 48.2738, 53.8517)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7BB #B7BDB9

analogous

#BCB7BD #BDB7BB #BDB7B8

triadic

#BDB7BB #BBBDB7 #B7BBBD

tetradic

#BDB7BB #BDBCB7 #B7BDB9 #B7B8BD

square

#BDB7BB #BDBCB7 #B7BDB9 #B7B8BD

split-complementary

#BDB7BB #B8BDB7 #B7BDBC

monochromatic

#82777F #A0979D #BDB7BB #DAD7D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDB7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BDB7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7BB

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7BB	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)

#B7B8BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.009 337.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cccf',
    500: '#bdb7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7bb;
$custom-light: #d0cccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 4.348,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78553,
    "c": 0.00872,
    "h": 337.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7BB

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E6A57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7BB

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

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