#BDBAB7#BDBAB7

#BDBAB7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.005 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAB7
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 183)
HSL	hsl(30, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(30, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 3.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, 0.51, 1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 1.96, 75.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% 0.0021 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.005 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0912, 49.3557, 51.8363)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAB7 #B7BABD

analogous

#BDB7B7 #BDBAB7 #BDBDB7

triadic

#BDBAB7 #B7BDBA #BAB7BD

tetradic

#BDBAB7 #B7BDB7 #B7BABD #BDB7BD

square

#BDBAB7 #B7BDB7 #B7BABD #BDB7BD

split-complementary

#BDBAB7 #B7BDBD #B7B7BD

monochromatic

#827D77 #A09B97 #BDBAB7 #DAD9D7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBAB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BDBAB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAB7

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAB7	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBBB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.005 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cecc',
    500: '#bdbab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbab7;
$custom-light: #d0cecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 4.348,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79048,
    "c": 0.0054,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAB7

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#738E57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAB7

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

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