#BDBBB9#BDBBB9

#BDBBB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.004 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBB9
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 185)
HSL	hsl(30, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(30, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, 0.33, 1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 1.30, 75.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% 0.0014 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.004 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5122, 49.8624, 53.0109)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBB9 #B9BBBD

analogous

#BDB9B9 #BDBBB9 #BDBDB9

triadic

#BDBBB9 #B9BDBB #BBB9BD

tetradic

#BDBBB9 #B9BDB9 #B9BBBD #BDB9BD

square

#BDBBB9 #B9BDB9 #B9BBBD #BDB9BD

split-complementary

#BDBBB9 #B9BDBD #B9B9BD

monochromatic

#817E7A #9F9C99 #BDBBB9 #DBDAD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BDBBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBB9

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBB9	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBBB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.004 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfce',
    500: '#bdbbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbb9;
$custom-light: #d0cfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 2.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7931,
    "c": 0.0036,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBB9

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#738D59

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBB9

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

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