#BDBABF#BDBABF

#BDBABF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.008 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBABF
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 191)
HSL	hsl(276, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(276, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, 1.98, -2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 2.92, 312.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% 0.0052 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.008 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9476, 49.6983, 56.3469)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBABF #BCBFBA

analogous

#BBBABF #BDBABF #BFBABF

triadic

#BDBABF #BFBDBA #BABFBD

tetradic

#BDBABF #BFBBBA #BCBFBA #BABFBF

square

#BDBABF #BFBBBA #BCBFBA #BABFBF

split-complementary

#BDBABF #BFBFBA #BABFBB

monochromatic

#807B84 #9F9AA2 #BDBABF #DBDADC #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDBABF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BDBABF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBABF

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBABF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBABF	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbabf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.008 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced2',
    500: '#bdbabf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbabf;
$custom-light: #d0ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbabf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 3.759,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79284,
    "c": 0.0077,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBABF

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E586D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBABF

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

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