#BDBAB2#BDBAB2

#BDBAB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.012 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAB2
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 178)
HSL	hsl(44, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(44, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -0.39, 4.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 4.44, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% 0.0001 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.012 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.5800, 49.1512, 49.1441)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAB2 #B2B5BD

analogous

#BDB5B2 #BDBAB2 #BBBDB2

triadic

#BDBAB2 #B2BDBA #BAB2BD

tetradic

#BDBAB2 #B2BDB5 #B2B5BD #BDB2BB

square

#BDBAB2 #B2BDB5 #B2B5BD #BDB2BB

split-complementary

#BDBAB2 #B2BBBD #B5B2BD

monochromatic

#847F71 #A19C91 #BDBAB2 #D9D8D3 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BDBAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAB2

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAB2	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)

#BCBAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.012 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cec9',
    500: '#bdbab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbab2;
$custom-light: #d0cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78906,
    "c": 0.01164,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAB2

secondary

#E4E5E7

accent

#659254

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAB2

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

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