#BDBDB2#BDBDB2

#BDBDB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.015 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDB2
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(60, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -1.98, 5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 5.90, 109.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0044 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.015 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.2186, 50.4285, 49.3570)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDB2 #B2B2BD

analogous

#BDB8B2 #BDBDB2 #B8BDB2

triadic

#BDBDB2 #B2BDBD #BDB2BD

tetradic

#BDBDB2 #B2BDB8 #B2B2BD #BDB2B8

square

#BDBDB2 #B2BDB8 #B2B2BD #BDB2B8

split-complementary

#BDBDB2 #B2B8BD #B8B2BD

monochromatic

#848471 #A1A191 #BDBDB2 #D9D9D3 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BDBDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDB2

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDB2	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)

#BFBCB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.015 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c9',
    500: '#bdbdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdb2;
$custom-light: #d0d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79525,
    "c": 0.01522,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDB2

secondary

#838390

accent

#549254

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDB2

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

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