#BDBCB5#BDBCB5

#BDBCB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.010 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCB5
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(53, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -0.92, 3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 3.77, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0017 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.01 100)
XYZ	xyz(47.3088, 50.1216, 50.8892)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCB5 #B5B6BD

analogous

#BDB8B5 #BDBCB5 #BABDB5

triadic

#BDBCB5 #B5BDBC #BCB5BD

tetradic

#BDBCB5 #B5BDB8 #B5B6BD #BDB5BA

square

#BDBCB5 #B5BDB8 #B5B6BD #BDB5BA

split-complementary

#BDBCB5 #B5BABD #B8B5BD

monochromatic

#838175 #A09F95 #BDBCB5 #DAD9D5 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BDBCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCB5

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCB5	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	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)

#BEBBB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.010 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cb',
    500: '#bdbcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcb5;
$custom-light: #d0d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 5.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79402,
    "c": 0.00979,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.50121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCB5

secondary

#868890

accent

#5D9056

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCB5

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

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