#BDBCB2#BDBCB2

#BDBCB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.014 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCB2
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(55, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -1.45, 5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 5.38, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0029 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.014 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0043, 49.9998, 49.2855)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCB2 #B2B3BD

analogous

#BDB7B2 #BDBCB2 #B9BDB2

triadic

#BDBCB2 #B2BDBC #BCB2BD

tetradic

#BDBCB2 #B2BDB7 #B2B3BD #BDB2B9

square

#BDBCB2 #B2BDB7 #B2B3BD #BDB2B9

split-complementary

#BDBCB2 #B2B9BD #B7B2BD

monochromatic

#848271 #A19F91 #BDBCB2 #D9D9D3 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BDBCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCB2

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCB2	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBBB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.014 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c9',
    500: '#bdbcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcb2;
$custom-light: #d0d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79318,
    "c": 0.01391,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCB2

secondary

#E4E4E7

accent

#599254

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCB2

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

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