#BDBBB4#BDBBB4

#BDBBB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.010 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBB4
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 180)
HSL	hsl(47, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(47, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -0.57, 3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 3.83, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0006 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.01 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9936, 49.6549, 50.2798)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBB4 #B4B6BD

analogous

#BDB7B4 #BDBBB4 #BBBDB4

triadic

#BDBBB4 #B4BDBB #BBB4BD

tetradic

#BDBBB4 #B4BDB7 #B4B6BD #BDB4BB

square

#BDBBB4 #B4BDB7 #B4B6BD #BDB4BB

split-complementary

#BDBBB4 #B4BBBD #B7B4BD

monochromatic

#838073 #A09D93 #BDBBB4 #DAD9D5 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDBBB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BDBBB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBB4

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBB4	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBBB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.010 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfca',
    500: '#bdbbb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbb4;
$custom-light: #d0cfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 6.383,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79168,
    "c": 0.00999,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBB4

secondary

#E4E5E7

accent

#629055

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBB4

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

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