#BDBCBA#BDBCBA

#BDBCBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.003 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCBA
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(40, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(40, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -0.02, 1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 1.13, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% 0.0003 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.003 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8310, 50.3305, 53.6398)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCBA #BABBBD

analogous

#BDBABA #BDBCBA #BCBDBA

triadic

#BDBCBA #BABDBC #BCBABD

tetradic

#BDBCBA #BABDBA #BABBBD #BDBABC

square

#BDBCBA #BABDBA #BABBBD #BDBABC

split-complementary

#BDBCBA #BABCBD #BABABD

monochromatic

#817F7B #9F9E9B #BDBCBA #DBDAD9 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BDBCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCBA

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCBA	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.003 84.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 2.222,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79544,
    "c": 0.00301,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCBA

secondary

#8C8D8F

accent

#6A8C5A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCBA

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

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