#BDBCBB#BDBCBB

#BDBCBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.002 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCBB
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(30, 1%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(30, 1%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, 0.16, 0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 0.65, 75.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% 0.0007 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.002 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9377, 50.3732, 54.2016)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCBB #BBBCBD

analogous

#BDBBBB #BDBCBB #BDBDBB

triadic

#BDBCBB #BBBDBC #BCBBBD

tetradic

#BDBCBB #BBBDBB #BBBCBD #BDBBBD

square

#BDBCBB #BBBDBB #BBBCBD #BDBBBD

split-complementary

#BDBCBB #BBBDBD #BBBBBD

monochromatic

#817F7D #9F9D9C #BDBCBB #DBDBDA #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BDBCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCBB

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCBB	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)

#BCBCBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.002 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cf',
    500: '#bdbcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcbb;
$custom-light: #d0d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 1.493,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79574,
    "c": 0.0018,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCBB

secondary

#8D8E8F

accent

#738B5A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCBB

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

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