#BDBABD#BDBABD

#BDBABD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.005 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBABD
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(300, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, 1.60, -1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 1.97, 324.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% 0.0044 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.005 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.7290, 49.6108, 55.1956)
Luminance	0.4961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBABD #BABDBA

analogous

#BBBABD #BDBABD #BDBABB

triadic

#BDBABD #BDBDBA #BABDBD

tetradic

#BDBABD #BDBBBA #BABDBA #BABBBD

square

#BDBABD #BDBBBA #BABDBA #BABBBD

split-complementary

#BDBABD #BBBDBA #BABDBB

monochromatic

#817B81 #9F9B9F #BDBABD #DBD9DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDBABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BDBABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBABD

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBABD	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbabd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.005 325.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbabd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 2.222,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79224,
    "c": 0.00533,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBABD

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8C5A5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBABD

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

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