#BDBCB4#BDBCB4

#BDBCB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.011 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCB4
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(53, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -1.10, 4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 4.31, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0021 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.011 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2065, 50.0807, 50.3508)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCB4 #B4B5BD

analogous

#BDB8B4 #BDBCB4 #BABDB4

triadic

#BDBCB4 #B4BDBC #BCB4BD

tetradic

#BDBCB4 #B4BDB8 #B4B5BD #BDB4BA

square

#BDBCB4 #B4BDB8 #B4B5BD #BDB4BA

split-complementary

#BDBCB4 #B4BABD #B8B4BD

monochromatic

#838173 #A09F93 #BDBCB4 #DAD9D5 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BDBCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCB4

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCB4	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBBB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.011 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ca',
    500: '#bdbcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcb4;
$custom-light: #d0d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 6.383,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79374,
    "c": 0.01116,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCB4

secondary

#858790

accent

#5C9055

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCB4

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

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