#BDBAB3#BDBAB3

#BDBAB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.010 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAB3
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 179)
HSL	hsl(42, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(42, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -0.21, 3.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 3.92, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% 0.0005 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.01 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6807, 49.1915, 49.6748)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAB3 #B3B6BD

analogous

#BDB5B3 #BDBAB3 #BBBDB3

triadic

#BDBAB3 #B3BDBA #BAB3BD

tetradic

#BDBAB3 #B3BDB5 #B3B6BD #BDB3BB

square

#BDBAB3 #B3BDB5 #B3B6BD #BDB3BB

split-complementary

#BDBAB3 #B3BBBD #B5B3BD

monochromatic

#837E72 #A19C92 #BDBAB3 #D9D8D4 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBAB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BDBAB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAB3

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAB3	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)

#BCBAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.010 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cec9',
    500: '#bdbab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbab3;
$custom-light: #d0cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 7.042,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78934,
    "c": 0.01032,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAB3

secondary

#E4E5E7

accent

#679155

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAB3

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

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