#BDBDB5#BDBDB5

#BDBDB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.011 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDB5
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(60, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -1.45, 4.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 4.29, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0032 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.011 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5231, 50.5503, 50.9607)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDB5 #B5B5BD

analogous

#BDB9B5 #BDBDB5 #B9BDB5

triadic

#BDBDB5 #B5BDBD #BDB5BD

tetradic

#BDBDB5 #B5BDB9 #B5B5BD #BDB5B9

square

#BDBDB5 #B5BDB9 #B5B5BD #BDB5B9

split-complementary

#BDBDB5 #B5B9BD #B9B5BD

monochromatic

#838375 #A0A095 #BDBDB5 #DADAD5 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BDBDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDB5

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDB5	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBCB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.011 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cb',
    500: '#bdbdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdb5;
$custom-light: #d0d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 5.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79608,
    "c": 0.01109,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDB5

secondary

#868690

accent

#569056

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDB5

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

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