#BDB8BF#BDB8BF

#BDB8BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.011 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8BF
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(283, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(283, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, 3.05, -2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 4.22, 316.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% 0.0081 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.011 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5292, 48.8615, 56.2074)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8BF #BABFB8

analogous

#B9B8BF #BDB8BF #BFB8BD

triadic

#BDB8BF #BFBDB8 #B8BFBD

tetradic

#BDB8BF #BFB9B8 #BABFB8 #B8BDBF

square

#BDB8BF #BFB9B8 #BABFB8 #B8BDBF

split-complementary

#BDB8BF #BDBFB8 #B8BFB9

monochromatic

#817885 #9F98A2 #BDB8BF #DBD8DC #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDB8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BDB8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8BF

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8BF	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.011 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdd2',
    500: '#bdb8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8bf;
$custom-light: #d0cdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78877,
    "c": 0.01121,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8BF

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8F5667

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8BF

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

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