#BDB8BB#BDB8BB

#BDB8BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.007 H 340.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8BB
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(324, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(324, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, 2.31, -0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 2.47, 338.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% 0.0066 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.007 340.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0950, 48.6878, 53.9207)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8BB #B8BDBA

analogous

#BCB8BD #BDB8BB #BDB8B8

triadic

#BDB8BB #BBBDB8 #B8BBBD

tetradic

#BDB8BB #BDBCB8 #B8BDBA #B8B8BD

square

#BDB8BB #BDBCB8 #B8BDBA #B8B8BD

split-complementary

#BDB8BB #B8BDB8 #B8BDBC

monochromatic

#82797E #A0989D #BDB8BB #DAD8D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDB8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BDB8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8BB

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8BB	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.007 340.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdcf',
    500: '#bdb8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8bb;
$custom-light: #d0cdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 324,
    "s": 3.65,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78756,
    "c": 0.00698,
    "h": 340.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8BB

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8D6D58

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8BB

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

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