#BDBBC2#BDBBC2

#BDBBC2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.010 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBC2
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 194)
HSL	hsl(257, 5%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(257, 4%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, 2.01, -3.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 3.84, 301.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% 0.0049 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.01 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4925, 50.2545, 58.1739)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBC2 #C0C2BB

analogous

#BBBDC2 #BDBBC2 #C1BBC2

triadic

#BDBBC2 #C2BDBB #BBC2BD

tetradic

#BDBBC2 #C2BBBD #C0C2BB #BBC2C1

square

#BDBBC2 #C2BBBD #C0C2BB #BBC2C1

split-complementary

#BDBBC2 #C2C1BB #BDC2BB

monochromatic

#7E7A88 #9E9BA5 #BDBBC2 #DCDBDF #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBBC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BDBBC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBC2

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBC2	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABCC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABCC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.010 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfd4',
    500: '#bdbbc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbc2;
$custom-light: #d0cfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 5.426,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79579,
    "c": 0.00999,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBC2

secondary

#92958C

accent

#8F567F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBC2

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

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