#BDB8BE#BDB8BE

#BDB8BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.010 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8BE
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(290, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(290, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, 2.86, -2.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 3.74, 319.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% 0.0077 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.01 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.4195, 48.8176, 55.6298)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8BE #B9BEB8

analogous

#BAB8BE #BDB8BE #BEB8BC

triadic

#BDB8BE #BEBDB8 #B8BEBD

tetradic

#BDB8BE #BEBAB8 #B9BEB8 #B8BCBE

square

#BDB8BE #BEBAB8 #B9BEB8 #B8BCBE

split-complementary

#BDB8BE #BCBEB8 #B8BEBA

monochromatic

#817883 #9F98A1 #BDB8BE #DBD8DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BDB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8BE

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8BE	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.010 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdd1',
    500: '#bdb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8be;
$custom-light: #d0cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 4.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78847,
    "c": 0.01002,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8BE

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E5760

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8BE

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

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