#BDB9BD#BDB9BD

#BDB9BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.007 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9BD
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, 2.14, -1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 2.63, 324.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% 0.0059 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.007 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.5191, 49.1910, 55.1257)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9BD #B9BDB9

analogous

#BBB9BD #BDB9BD #BDB9BB

triadic

#BDB9BD #BDBDB9 #B9BDBD

tetradic

#BDB9BD #BDBBB9 #B9BDB9 #B9BBBD

square

#BDB9BD #BDBBB9 #B9BDB9 #B9BBBD

split-complementary

#BDB9BD #BBBDB9 #B9BDBB

monochromatic

#817A81 #9F999F #BDB9BD #DBD8DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BDB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9BD

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9BD	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.007 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced0',
    500: '#bdb9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9bd;
$custom-light: #d0ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 2.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7902,
    "c": 0.00712,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9BD

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8D5959

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9BD

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

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