#BDBBC5#BDBBC5

#BDBBC5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.014 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBC5
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(252, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(252, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, 2.58, -4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 5.44, 298.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% 0.006 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.014 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8328, 50.3906, 59.9662)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBC5 #C3C5BB

analogous

#BBBEC5 #BDBBC5 #C2BBC5

triadic

#BDBBC5 #C5BDBB #BBC5BD

tetradic

#BDBBC5 #C5BBBE #C3C5BB #BBC5C2

square

#BDBBC5 #C5BBBE #C3C5BB #BBC5C2

split-complementary

#BDBBC5 #C5C2BB #BEC5BB

monochromatic

#7D798D #9D9AA9 #BDBBC5 #DDDCE1 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BDBBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBC5

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBC5	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BCC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.014 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfd6',
    500: '#bdbbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbc5;
$custom-light: #d0cfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79671,
    "c": 0.01411,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBC5

secondary

#96988C

accent

#925485

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBC5

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

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