#BDB7BD#BDB7BD

#BDB7BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.011 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7BD
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, 3.21, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 3.94, 324.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% 0.0088 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.011 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.1036, 48.3601, 54.9872)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7BD #B7BDB7

analogous

#BAB7BD #BDB7BD #BDB7BA

triadic

#BDB7BD #BDBDB7 #B7BDBD

tetradic

#BDB7BD #BDBAB7 #B7BDB7 #B7BABD

square

#BDB7BD #BDBAB7 #B7BDB7 #B7BABD

split-complementary

#BDB7BD #BABDB7 #B7BDBA

monochromatic

#827782 #A097A0 #BDB7BD #DAD7DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDB7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BDB7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7BD

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7BD	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.011 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccd0',
    500: '#bdb7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7bd;
$custom-light: #d0ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4.348,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78613,
    "c": 0.01069,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7BD

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E5757

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7BD

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

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