#BDBBB7#BDBBB7

#BDBBB7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.006 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBB7
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 183)
HSL	hsl(40, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(40, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 3.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -0.03, 2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 2.27, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% 0.0006 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.006 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3026, 49.7785, 51.9068)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBB7 #B7B9BD

analogous

#BDB8B7 #BDBBB7 #BCBDB7

triadic

#BDBBB7 #B7BDBB #BBB7BD

tetradic

#BDBBB7 #B7BDB8 #B7B9BD #BDB7BC

square

#BDBBB7 #B7BDB8 #B7B9BD #BDB7BC

split-complementary

#BDBBB7 #B7BCBD #B8B7BD

monochromatic

#827F77 #A09D97 #BDBBB7 #DAD9D7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDBBB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BDBBB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBB7

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBB7	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.006 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfcc',
    500: '#bdbbb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbb7;
$custom-light: #d0cfcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 4.348,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79253,
    "c": 0.00602,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBB7

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#6A8E57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBB7

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

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