#BDBAB9#BDBAB9

#BDBAB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.004 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAB9
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 185)
HSL	hsl(15, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(15, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, 0.87, 0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 1.23, 45.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% 0.0028 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.004 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3008, 49.4396, 52.9404)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAB9 #B9BCBD

analogous

#BDB9BA #BDBAB9 #BDBCB9

triadic

#BDBAB9 #B9BDBA #BAB9BD

tetradic

#BDBAB9 #BABDB9 #B9BCBD #BCB9BD

square

#BDBAB9 #BABDB9 #B9BCBD #BCB9BD

split-complementary

#BDBAB9 #B9BDBC #B9BABD

monochromatic

#817C7A #9F9B99 #BDBAB9 #DBD9D8 #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BDBAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAB9

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAB9	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.004 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cece',
    500: '#bdbab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbab9;
$custom-light: #d0cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 2.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79106,
    "c": 0.00368,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAB9

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#808D59

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAB9

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

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