#BDBABC#BDBABC

#BDBABC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.004 H 337.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBABC
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(320, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(320, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, 1.42, -0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 1.55, 335.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% 0.004 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.004 337.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6208, 49.5676, 54.6259)
Luminance	0.4957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBABC #BABDBB

analogous

#BCBABD #BDBABC #BDBABA

triadic

#BDBABC #BCBDBA #BABCBD

tetradic

#BDBABC #BDBCBA #BABDBB #BABABD

square

#BDBABC #BDBCBA #BABDBB #BABABD

split-complementary

#BDBABC #BABDBA #BABDBC

monochromatic

#817B7F #9F9B9E #BDBABC #DBD9DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDBABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BDBABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBABC

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBABC	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.004 337.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced0',
    500: '#bdbabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbabc;
$custom-light: #d0ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 2.222,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79194,
    "c": 0.00434,
    "h": 337.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBABC

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8C6A5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBABC

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

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