#BDBCBF#BDBCBF

#BDBCBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.004 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCBF
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(260, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(260, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, 0.91, -1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 1.66, 303.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% 0.0023 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.004 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3719, 50.5468, 56.4883)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCBF #BEBFBC

analogous

#BCBDBF #BDBCBF #BFBCBF

triadic

#BDBCBF #BFBDBC #BCBFBD

tetradic

#BDBCBF #BFBCBD #BEBFBC #BCBFBF

square

#BDBCBF #BFBCBD #BEBFBC #BCBFBF

split-complementary

#BDBCBF #BFBFBC #BDBFBC

monochromatic

#7F7D83 #9E9DA1 #BDBCBF #DCDBDD #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BDBCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCBF

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCBF	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.004 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d2',
    500: '#bdbcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcbf;
$custom-light: #d0d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 2.29,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79692,
    "c": 0.00431,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCBF

secondary

#90918E

accent

#8C597B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCBF

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

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