#BDBCB3#BDBCB3

#BDBCB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.013 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCB3
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(54, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -1.27, 4.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 4.84, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0025 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.013 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1050, 50.0401, 49.8162)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCB3 #B3B4BD

analogous

#BDB7B3 #BDBCB3 #B9BDB3

triadic

#BDBCB3 #B3BDBC #BCB3BD

tetradic

#BDBCB3 #B3BDB7 #B3B4BD #BDB3B9

square

#BDBCB3 #B3BDB7 #B3B4BD #BDB3B9

split-complementary

#BDBCB3 #B3B9BD #B7B3BD

monochromatic

#838272 #A19F92 #BDBCB3 #D9D9D4 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BDBCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCB3

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCB3	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBBB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.013 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c9',
    500: '#bdbcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcb3;
$custom-light: #d0d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 7.042,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79346,
    "c": 0.01253,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCB3

secondary

#848590

accent

#5B9155

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCB3

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

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