#BDB8BC#BDB8BC

#BDB8BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.008 H 332.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8BC
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(312, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(312, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, 2.49, -1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 2.86, 330.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% 0.007 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.008 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.2024, 48.7308, 54.4865)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8BC #B8BDB9

analogous

#BBB8BD #BDB8BC #BDB8B9

triadic

#BDB8BC #BCBDB8 #B8BCBD

tetradic

#BDB8BC #BDBBB8 #B8BDB9 #B8B9BD

square

#BDB8BC #BDBBB8 #B8BDB9 #B8B9BD

split-complementary

#BDB8BC #B9BDB8 #B8BDBB

monochromatic

#827980 #A0989E #BDB8BC #DAD8DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BDB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8BC

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8BC	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.008 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdd0',
    500: '#bdb8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8bc;
$custom-light: #d0cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312,
    "s": 3.65,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78786,
    "c": 0.00788,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8BC

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8D6358

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8BC

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

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