#BDB7BC#BDB7BC

#BDB7BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.010 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7BC
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 188)
HSL	hsl(310, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(310, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, 3.03, -1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 3.51, 329.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% 0.0084 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.01 331)
XYZ	xyz(46.9954, 48.3168, 54.4175)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7BC #B7BDB8

analogous

#BBB7BD #BDB7BC #BDB7B9

triadic

#BDB7BC #BCBDB7 #B7BCBD

tetradic

#BDB7BC #BDBBB7 #B7BDB8 #B7B9BD

square

#BDB7BC #BDBBB7 #B7BDB8 #B7B9BD

split-complementary

#BDB7BC #B9BDB7 #B7BDBB

monochromatic

#827780 #A0979E #BDB7BC #DAD7DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDB7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BDB7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7BC

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7BC	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.010 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccd0',
    500: '#bdb7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7bc;
$custom-light: #d0ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310,
    "s": 4.348,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78583,
    "c": 0.00966,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.48317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7BC

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E6057

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7BC

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

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