#BDBCBD#BDBCBD

#BDBCBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.002 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCBD
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 1%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(300, 1%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, 0.53, -0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 0.66, 324.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% 0.0015 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.002 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1533, 50.4594, 55.3371)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCBD #BCBDBC

analogous

#BDBCBD #BDBCBD #BDBCBD

triadic

#BDBCBD #BDBDBC #BCBDBD

tetradic

#BDBCBD #BDBDBC #BCBDBC #BCBDBD

square

#BDBCBD #BDBDBC #BCBDBC #BCBDBD

split-complementary

#BDBCBD #BDBDBC #BCBDBD

monochromatic

#807E80 #9F9D9F #BDBCBD #DBDBDB #F0F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BDBCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCBD

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCBD	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.002 325.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 0.752,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79632,
    "c": 0.00178,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCBD

secondary

#8E8F8E

accent

#8A5B5B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCBD

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

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