#BDBBBA#BDBBBA

#BDBBBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.003 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBBA
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 186)
HSL	hsl(20, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(20, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, 0.52, 0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 0.91, 55.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% 0.0018 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.003 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6181, 49.9047, 53.5688)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBBA #BABCBD

analogous

#BDBABA #BDBBBA #BDBCBA

triadic

#BDBBBA #BABDBB #BBBABD

tetradic

#BDBBBA #BABDBA #BABCBD #BCBABD

square

#BDBBBA #BABDBA #BABCBD #BCBABD

split-complementary

#BDBBBA #BABDBC #BABABD

monochromatic

#817D7B #9F9C9B #BDBBBA #DBDAD9 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BDBBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBBA

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBBA	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.003 48.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 2.222,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79339,
    "c": 0.00266,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBBA

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#7B8C5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBBA

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

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