#BDB8BD#BDB8BD

#BDB8BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.009 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8BD
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, 2.68, -1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 3.28, 324.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% 0.0074 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.009 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3106, 48.7741, 55.0562)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8BD #B8BDB8

analogous

#BAB8BD #BDB8BD #BDB8BA

triadic

#BDB8BD #BDBDB8 #B8BDBD

tetradic

#BDB8BD #BDBAB8 #B8BDB8 #B8BABD

square

#BDB8BD #BDBAB8 #B8BDB8 #B8BABD

split-complementary

#BDB8BD #BABDB8 #B8BDBA

monochromatic

#827982 #A098A0 #BDB8BD #DAD8DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDB8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BDB8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8BD

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8BD	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)

#B8B9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.009 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdd0',
    500: '#bdb8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8bd;
$custom-light: #d0cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 3.65,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78816,
    "c": 0.0089,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8BD

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8D5858

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8BD

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

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