#BDBCC5#BDBCC5

#BDBCC5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.013 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCC5
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 197)
HSL	hsl(247, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(247, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 4.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, 2.04, -4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 4.85, 294.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0046 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.013 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0457, 50.8164, 60.0372)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCC5 #C4C5BC

analogous

#BCBFC5 #BDBCC5 #C1BCC5

triadic

#BDBCC5 #C5BDBC #BCC5BD

tetradic

#BDBCC5 #C5BCBF #C4C5BC #BCC5C1

square

#BDBCC5 #C5BCBF #C4C5BC #BCC5C1

split-complementary

#BDBCC5 #C5C1BC #BFC5BC

monochromatic

#7C7A8C #9D9BA9 #BDBCC5 #DDDDE1 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BDBCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCC5

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCC5	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABDC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABDC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.013 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d6',
    500: '#bdbcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcc5;
$custom-light: #d0d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 7.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79875,
    "c": 0.01259,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCC5

secondary

#97988D

accent

#91548A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCC5

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

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