#BDBBB5#BDBBB5

#BDBBB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.009 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBB5
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 181)
HSL	hsl(45, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -0.39, 3.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 3.30, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0002 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.009 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0959, 49.6958, 50.8183)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBB5 #B5B7BD

analogous

#BDB7B5 #BDBBB5 #BBBDB5

triadic

#BDBBB5 #B5BDBB #BBB5BD

tetradic

#BDBBB5 #B5BDB7 #B5B7BD #BDB5BB

square

#BDBBB5 #B5BDB7 #B5B7BD #BDB5BB

split-complementary

#BDBBB5 #B5BBBD #B7B5BD

monochromatic

#837F75 #A09D95 #BDBBB5 #DAD9D5 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDBBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BDBBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBB5

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBB5	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)

#BDBBB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.009 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfcb',
    500: '#bdbbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbb5;
$custom-light: #d0cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 5.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79196,
    "c": 0.00865,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBB5

secondary

#E4E5E7

accent

#649056

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBB5

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

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