#BDBABA#BDBABA

#BDBABA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.003 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBABA
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 186)
HSL	hsl(0, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(0, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, 1.05, 0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 1.11, 19.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% 0.0032 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.003 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4067, 49.4819, 53.4984)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBABA #BABDBD

analogous

#BDBABB #BDBABA #BDBBBA

triadic

#BDBABA #BABDBA #BABABD

tetradic

#BDBABA #BBBDBA #BABDBD #BBBABD

square

#BDBABA #BBBDBA #BABDBD #BBBABD

split-complementary

#BDBABA #BABDBB #BABBBD

monochromatic

#817B7B #9F9B9B #BDBABA #DBD9D9 #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BDBABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBABA

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBABA	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbaba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.003 17.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbaba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 2.222,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79135,
    "c": 0.00338,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBABA

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#8C8C5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBABA

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

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