#BDBCB9#BDBCB9

#BDBCB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.004 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCB9
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(45, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -0.20, 1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 1.65, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0001 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.004 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7251, 50.2881, 53.0819)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCB9 #B9BABD

analogous

#BDBAB9 #BDBCB9 #BCBDB9

triadic

#BDBCB9 #B9BDBC #BCB9BD

tetradic

#BDBCB9 #B9BDBA #B9BABD #BDB9BC

square

#BDBCB9 #B9BDBA #B9BABD #BDB9BC

split-complementary

#BDBCB9 #B9BCBD #BAB9BD

monochromatic

#81807A #9F9E99 #BDBCB9 #DBDAD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BDBCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCB9

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCB9	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.004 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ce',
    500: '#bdbcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcb9;
$custom-light: #d0d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 2.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79516,
    "c": 0.00433,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCB9

secondary

#8B8C8F

accent

#668D59

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCB9

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

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