#BDBCB6#BDBCB6

#BDBCB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.008 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCB6
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 182)
HSL	hsl(51, 5%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 3.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -0.74, 3.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 3.24, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0013 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.008 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4117, 50.1628, 51.4316)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCB6 #B6B7BD

analogous

#BDB8B6 #BDBCB6 #BABDB6

triadic

#BDBCB6 #B6BDBC #BCB6BD

tetradic

#BDBCB6 #B6BDB8 #B6B7BD #BDB6BA

square

#BDBCB6 #B6BDB8 #B6B7BD #BDB6BA

split-complementary

#BDBCB6 #B6BABD #B8B6BD

monochromatic

#838176 #A09F96 #BDBCB6 #DAD9D6 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBCB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BDBCB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCB6

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCB6	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.008 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cb',
    500: '#bdbcb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcb6;
$custom-light: #d0d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 5.036,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7943,
    "c": 0.00841,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCB6

secondary

#888990

accent

#5F8F57

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCB6

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

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