#BDB9BC#BDB9BC

#BDB9BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.006 H 334.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9BC
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(315, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(315, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, 1.95, -1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 2.20, 332.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% 0.0055 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.006 334)
XYZ	xyz(47.4109, 49.1477, 54.5560)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9BC #B9BDBA

analogous

#BCB9BD #BDB9BC #BDB9BA

triadic

#BDB9BC #BCBDB9 #B9BCBD

tetradic

#BDB9BC #BDBCB9 #B9BDBA #B9BABD

square

#BDB9BC #BDBCB9 #B9BDBA #B9BABD

split-complementary

#BDB9BC #BABDB9 #B9BDBC

monochromatic

#817A80 #9F999E #BDB9BC #DBD8DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BDB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9BC

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9BC	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.006 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced0',
    500: '#bdb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9bc;
$custom-light: #d0ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 2.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7899,
    "c": 0.00611,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.49148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9BC

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8D6659

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9BC

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

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