#BDBCBC#BDBCBC

#BDBCBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.001 H 17.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCBC
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(0, 1%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(0, 1%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, 0.35, 0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 0.37, 19.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% 0.0011 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.001 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0451, 50.4161, 54.7674)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCBC #BCBDBD

analogous

#BDBCBD #BDBCBC #BDBDBC

triadic

#BDBCBC #BCBDBC #BCBCBD

tetradic

#BDBCBC #BDBDBC #BCBDBD #BDBCBD

square

#BDBCBC #BDBDBC #BCBDBD #BDBCBD

split-complementary

#BDBCBC #BCBDBD #BCBDBD

monochromatic

#807E7E #9F9D9D #BDBCBC #DBDBDB #F0F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BDBCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCBC

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCBC	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.001 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d0',
    500: '#bdbcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcbc;
$custom-light: #d0d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0.752,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79603,
    "c": 0.00112,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCBC

secondary

#8E8F8F

accent

#8A8A5B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCBC

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

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