#BDBCC4#BDBCC4

#BDBCC4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.011 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCC4
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 196)
HSL	hsl(248, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(248, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, 1.85, -3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 4.32, 295.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% 0.0042 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.011 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.9315, 50.7707, 59.4357)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCC4 #C3C4BC

analogous

#BCBFC4 #BDBCC4 #C1BCC4

triadic

#BDBCC4 #C4BDBC #BCC4BD

tetradic

#BDBCC4 #C4BCBF #C3C4BC #BCC4C1

square

#BDBCC4 #C4BCBF #C3C4BC #BCC4C1

split-complementary

#BDBCC4 #C4C1BC #BFC4BC

monochromatic

#7D7B8B #9D9BA7 #BDBCC4 #DDDDE1 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBCC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BDBCC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCC4

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCC4	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABDC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABDC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.011 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d5',
    500: '#bdbcc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcc4;
$custom-light: #d0d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 6.349,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79844,
    "c": 0.0112,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCC4

secondary

#96978D

accent

#905589

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCC4

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

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