#BDB7BF#BDB7BF

#BDB7BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.013 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7BF
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 191)
HSL	hsl(285, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(285, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, 3.59, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 4.87, 317.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% 0.0096 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.013 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3222, 48.4475, 56.1384)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7BF #B9BFB7

analogous

#B9B7BF #BDB7BF #BFB7BD

triadic

#BDB7BF #BFBDB7 #B7BFBD

tetradic

#BDB7BF #BFB9B7 #B9BFB7 #B7BDBF

square

#BDB7BF #BFB9B7 #B9BFB7 #B7BDBF

split-complementary

#BDB7BF #BDBFB7 #B7BFB9

monochromatic

#817685 #9F97A2 #BDB7BF #DBD7DC #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDB7BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BDB7BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7BF

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7BF	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.013 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccd2',
    500: '#bdb7bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7bf;
$custom-light: #d0ccd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78674,
    "c": 0.01298,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#905664

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7BF

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

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