#BDBBB3#BDBBB3

#BDBBB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.011 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBB3
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 179)
HSL	hsl(48, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -0.74, 4.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 4.36, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.001 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.011 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8921, 49.6143, 49.7453)
Luminance	0.4961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBB3 #B3B5BD

analogous

#BDB6B3 #BDBBB3 #BABDB3

triadic

#BDBBB3 #B3BDBB #BBB3BD

tetradic

#BDBBB3 #B3BDB6 #B3B5BD #BDB3BA

square

#BDBBB3 #B3BDB6 #B3B5BD #BDB3BA

split-complementary

#BDBBB3 #B3BABD #B6B3BD

monochromatic

#838072 #A19E92 #BDBBB3 #D9D8D4 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDBBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BDBBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBB3

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBB3	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)

#BDBAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.011 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfc9',
    500: '#bdbbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbb3;
$custom-light: #d0cfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 7.042,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7914,
    "c": 0.01135,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBB3

secondary

#E4E5E7

accent

#619155

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBB3

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

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