#BDBBBF#BDBBBF

#BDBBBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.006 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBBF
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 191)
HSL	hsl(270, 3%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, 1.44, -1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 2.28, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% 0.0037 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.006 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1590, 50.1211, 56.4173)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBBF #BDBFBB

analogous

#BBBBBF #BDBBBF #BFBBBF

triadic

#BDBBBF #BFBDBB #BBBFBD

tetradic

#BDBBBF #BFBBBB #BDBFBB #BBBFBF

square

#BDBBBF #BFBBBB #BDBFBB #BBBFBF

split-complementary

#BDBBBF #BFBFBB #BBBFBB

monochromatic

#807C84 #9E9BA1 #BDBBBF #DCDBDD #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBBBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BDBBBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBBF

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBBF	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	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)

#BABCBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.006 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfd2',
    500: '#bdbbbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbbf;
$custom-light: #d0cfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 3.03,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79488,
    "c": 0.00598,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBBF

secondary

#8F918D

accent

#8D5973

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBBF

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

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