#BDBDB4#BDBDB4

#BDBDB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.012 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDB4
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 180)
HSL	hsl(60, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -1.63, 4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 4.83, 109.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0036 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.012 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4209, 50.5094, 50.4223)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDB4 #B4B4BD

analogous

#BDB9B4 #BDBDB4 #B9BDB4

triadic

#BDBDB4 #B4BDBD #BDB4BD

tetradic

#BDBDB4 #B4BDB9 #B4B4BD #BDB4B9

square

#BDBDB4 #B4BDB9 #B4B4BD #BDB4B9

split-complementary

#BDBDB4 #B4B9BD #B9B4BD

monochromatic

#838373 #A0A093 #BDBDB4 #DADAD5 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BDBDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDB4

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDB4	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBCB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.012 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ca',
    500: '#bdbdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdb4;
$custom-light: #d0d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 6.383,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7958,
    "c": 0.01247,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDB4

secondary

#858590

accent

#559055

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDB4

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

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