#BDB9BE#BDB9BE

#BDB9BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.008 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9BE
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(288, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(288, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, 2.33, -2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 3.09, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% 0.0063 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.008 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6280, 49.2345, 55.6993)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9BE #BABEB9

analogous

#BAB9BE #BDB9BE #BEB9BC

triadic

#BDB9BE #BEBDB9 #B9BEBD

tetradic

#BDB9BE #BEBAB9 #BABEB9 #B9BCBE

square

#BDB9BE #BEBAB9 #BABEB9 #B9BCBE

split-complementary

#BDB9BE #BCBEB9 #B9BEBA

monochromatic

#817A83 #9F99A1 #BDB9BE #DBD9DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BDB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9BE

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9BE	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.008 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced1',
    500: '#bdb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9be;
$custom-light: #d0ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7905,
    "c": 0.00825,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9BE

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E5863

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9BE

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

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