#BDBAB4#BDBAB4

#BDBAB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.009 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAB4
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(40, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(40, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -0.03, 3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 3.41, 90.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% 0.0009 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.009 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7822, 49.2321, 50.2094)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAB4 #B4B7BD

analogous

#BDB6B4 #BDBAB4 #BCBDB4

triadic

#BDBAB4 #B4BDBA #BAB4BD

tetradic

#BDBAB4 #B4BDB6 #B4B7BD #BDB4BC

square

#BDBAB4 #B4BDB6 #B4B7BD #BDB4BC

split-complementary

#BDBAB4 #B4BCBD #B6B4BD

monochromatic

#837E73 #A09C93 #BDBAB4 #DAD8D5 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BDBAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAB4

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAB4	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)

#BCBAB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBBB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.009 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceca',
    500: '#bdbab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbab4;
$custom-light: #d0ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 6.383,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78962,
    "c": 0.00903,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAB4

secondary

#E4E5E7

accent

#699055

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAB4

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

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