#BDBBC4#BDBBC4

#BDBBC4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.013 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBC4
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 196)
HSL	hsl(253, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(253, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, 2.39, -4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 4.90, 299.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% 0.0056 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.013 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7186, 50.3449, 59.3648)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBC4 #C2C4BB

analogous

#BBBDC4 #BDBBC4 #C1BBC4

triadic

#BDBBC4 #C4BDBB #BBC4BD

tetradic

#BDBBC4 #C4BBBD #C2C4BB #BBC4C1

square

#BDBBC4 #C4BBBD #C2C4BB #BBC4C1

split-complementary

#BDBBC4 #C4C1BB #BDC4BB

monochromatic

#7D798B #9D9AA8 #BDBBC4 #DDDCE0 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BDBBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBC4

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBC4	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BCC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABCC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.013 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfd5',
    500: '#bdbbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbc4;
$custom-light: #d0cfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 7.087,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7964,
    "c": 0.01273,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBC4

secondary

#95978C

accent

#915484

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBC4

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

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