#BDB9BF#BDB9BF

#BDB9BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.009 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9BF
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(280, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(280, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, 2.51, -2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 3.57, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% 0.0067 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.009 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7377, 49.2784, 56.2769)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9BF #BBBFB9

analogous

#BAB9BF #BDB9BF #BFB9BE

triadic

#BDB9BF #BFBDB9 #B9BFBD

tetradic

#BDB9BF #BFBAB9 #BBBFB9 #B9BEBF

square

#BDB9BF #BFBAB9 #BBBFB9 #B9BEBF

split-complementary

#BDB9BF #BEBFB9 #B9BFBA

monochromatic

#817984 #9F99A2 #BDB9BF #DBD9DC #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BDB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9BF

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9BF	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.009 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced2',
    500: '#bdb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9bf;
$custom-light: #d0ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7908,
    "c": 0.00945,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9BF

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E576A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9BF

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

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