#BDBDB3#BDBDB3

#BDBDB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.014 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDB3
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 179)
HSL	hsl(60, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -1.81, 5.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 5.36, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.004 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.014 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3194, 50.4688, 49.8877)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDB3 #B3B3BD

analogous

#BDB8B3 #BDBDB3 #B8BDB3

triadic

#BDBDB3 #B3BDBD #BDB3BD

tetradic

#BDBDB3 #B3BDB8 #B3B3BD #BDB3B8

square

#BDBDB3 #B3BDB8 #B3B3BD #BDB3B8

split-complementary

#BDBDB3 #B3B8BD #B8B3BD

monochromatic

#838372 #A1A192 #BDBDB3 #D9D9D4 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BDBDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDB3

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDB3	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)

#BFBCB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.014 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c9',
    500: '#bdbdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdb3;
$custom-light: #d0d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 7.042,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79552,
    "c": 0.01384,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDB3

secondary

#848490

accent

#559155

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDB3

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

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