#BDB9BB#BDB9BB

#BDB9BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.005 H 345.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9BB
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(330, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(330, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, 1.77, -0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 1.84, 343.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% 0.0051 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.005 345.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.3035, 49.1047, 53.9902)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9BB #B9BDBB

analogous

#BDB9BD #BDB9BB #BDB9B9

triadic

#BDB9BB #BBBDB9 #B9BBBD

tetradic

#BDB9BB #BDBDB9 #B9BDBB #B9B9BD

square

#BDB9BB #BDBDB9 #B9BDBB #B9B9BD

split-complementary

#BDB9BB #B9BDB9 #B9BDBD

monochromatic

#817A7E #9F999C #BDB9BB #DBD8DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDB9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BDB9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9BB

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9BB	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.005 345.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cecf',
    500: '#bdb9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9bb;
$custom-light: #d0cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 2.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7896,
    "c": 0.00527,
    "h": 345.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9BB

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#8D7359

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9BB

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

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