#BDBBB2#BDBBB2

#BDBBB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.013 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBB2
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 178)
HSL	hsl(49, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -0.92, 4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 4.89, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0014 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.013 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.7914, 49.5740, 49.2146)
Luminance	0.4957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBB2 #B2B4BD

analogous

#BDB6B2 #BDBBB2 #BABDB2

triadic

#BDBBB2 #B2BDBB #BBB2BD

tetradic

#BDBBB2 #B2BDB6 #B2B4BD #BDB2BA

square

#BDBBB2 #B2BDB6 #B2B4BD #BDB2BA

split-complementary

#BDBBB2 #B2BABD #B6B2BD

monochromatic

#848071 #A19E91 #BDBBB2 #D9D8D3 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDBBB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BDBBB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBB2

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBB2	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)

#BDBAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.013 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfc9',
    500: '#bdbbb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbb2;
$custom-light: #d0cfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79112,
    "c": 0.0127,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBB2

secondary

#E4E5E7

accent

#5F9254

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBB2

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

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