#BDBBBE#BDBBBE

#BDBBBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.005 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBBE
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 190)
HSL	hsl(280, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(280, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, 1.25, -1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 1.78, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% 0.0033 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.005 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0493, 50.0772, 55.8397)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBBE #BCBEBB

analogous

#BCBBBE #BDBBBE #BEBBBE

triadic

#BDBBBE #BEBDBB #BBBEBD

tetradic

#BDBBBE #BEBCBB #BCBEBB #BBBEBE

square

#BDBBBE #BEBCBB #BCBEBB #BBBEBE

split-complementary

#BDBBBE #BEBEBB #BBBEBC

monochromatic

#807C82 #9F9CA0 #BDBBBE #DBDADC #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BDBBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBBE

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBBE	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.005 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfd1',
    500: '#bdbbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbbe;
$custom-light: #d0cfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 2.256,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79458,
    "c": 0.00472,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBBE

secondary

#8E908D

accent

#8C596A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBBE

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

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