#BDBAB5#BDBAB5

#BDBAB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.008 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAB5
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 181)
HSL	hsl(38, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(38, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, 0.15, 2.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 2.90, 87.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% 0.0013 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.008 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8845, 49.2730, 50.7478)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAB5 #B5B8BD

analogous

#BDB6B5 #BDBAB5 #BCBDB5

triadic

#BDBAB5 #B5BDBA #BAB5BD

tetradic

#BDBAB5 #B5BDB6 #B5B8BD #BDB5BC

square

#BDBAB5 #B5BDB6 #B5B8BD #BDB5BC

split-complementary

#BDBAB5 #B5BCBD #B6B5BD

monochromatic

#837E75 #A09C95 #BDBAB5 #DAD8D5 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BDBAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAB5

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAB5	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	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)

#BBBAB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBBB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.008 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cecb',
    500: '#bdbab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbab5;
$custom-light: #d0cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 5.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7899,
    "c": 0.00776,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAB5

secondary

#E4E5E7

accent

#6C9056

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAB5

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

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