#BDB8BA#BDB8BA

#BDB8BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.006 H 350.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8BA
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(336, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(336, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, 2.12, -0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 2.16, 349.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% 0.0062 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.006 350.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9883, 48.6452, 53.3589)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8BA #B8BDBB

analogous

#BDB8BC #BDB8BA #BDB8B8

triadic

#BDB8BA #BABDB8 #B8BABD

tetradic

#BDB8BA #BCBDB8 #B8BDBB #B8B8BD

square

#BDB8BA #BCBDB8 #B8BDBB #B8B8BD

split-complementary

#BDB8BA #B8BDB8 #B8BCBD

monochromatic

#82797C #A0989B #BDB8BA #DAD8D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDB8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BDB8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8BA

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8BA	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.006 350.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdce',
    500: '#bdb8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8ba;
$custom-light: #d0cdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336,
    "s": 3.65,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78727,
    "c": 0.00627,
    "h": 350.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8BA

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#8D7858

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8BA

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

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