#BDBDB6#BDBDB6

#BDBDB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.010 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDB6
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 182)
HSL	hsl(60, 5%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -1.27, 3.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 3.75, 109.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0028 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.01 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6261, 50.5915, 51.5030)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDB6 #B6B6BD

analogous

#BDB9B6 #BDBDB6 #B9BDB6

triadic

#BDBDB6 #B6BDBD #BDB6BD

tetradic

#BDBDB6 #B6BDB9 #B6B6BD #BDB6B9

square

#BDBDB6 #B6BDB9 #B6B6BD #BDB6B9

split-complementary

#BDBDB6 #B6B9BD #B9B6BD

monochromatic

#838376 #A0A096 #BDBDB6 #DADAD6 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBDB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BDBDB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDB6

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDB6	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBCB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.010 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cb',
    500: '#bdbdb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdb6;
$custom-light: #d0d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 5.036,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79636,
    "c": 0.00971,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDB6

secondary

#888890

accent

#578F57

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDB6

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

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