#BDBCBE#BDBCBE

#BDBCBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.003 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCBE
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(270, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 1%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, 0.72, -0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 1.14, 309.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% 0.0019 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.003 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2622, 50.5030, 55.9107)
Luminance	0.5050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCBE #BDBEBC

analogous

#BCBCBE #BDBCBE #BEBCBE

triadic

#BDBCBE #BEBDBC #BCBEBD

tetradic

#BDBCBE #BEBCBC #BDBEBC #BCBEBE

square

#BDBCBE #BEBCBC #BDBEBC #BCBEBE

split-complementary

#BDBCBE #BEBEBC #BCBEBC

monochromatic

#807E82 #9E9DA0 #BDBCBE #DCDBDC #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BDBCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCBE

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCBE	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.003 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d1',
    500: '#bdbcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcbe;
$custom-light: #d0d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 1.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79662,
    "c": 0.00299,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCBE

secondary

#8F908E

accent

#8B5A73

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCBE

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

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