#BDB7BE#BDB7BE

#BDB7BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.012 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7BE
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 190)
HSL	hsl(291, 5%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(291, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, 3.40, -2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 4.40, 320.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% 0.0092 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.012 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2125, 48.4037, 55.5608)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7BE #B8BEB7

analogous

#B9B7BE #BDB7BE #BEB7BB

triadic

#BDB7BE #BEBDB7 #B7BEBD

tetradic

#BDB7BE #BEB9B7 #B8BEB7 #B7BBBE

square

#BDB7BE #BEB9B7 #B8BEB7 #B7BBBE

split-complementary

#BDB7BE #BBBEB7 #B7BEB9

monochromatic

#827784 #A097A1 #BDB7BE #DAD7DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDB7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BDB7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7BE

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7BE	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.012 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccd1',
    500: '#bdb7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7be;
$custom-light: #d0ccd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 5.109,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78644,
    "c": 0.01181,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7BE

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8F575F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7BE

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

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