#BDBDB7#BDBDB7

#BDBDB7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.008 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDB7
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 183)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -1.09, 3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 3.22, 109.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0024 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.008 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.7298, 50.6330, 52.0492)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDB7 #B7B7BD

analogous

#BDBAB7 #BDBDB7 #BABDB7

triadic

#BDBDB7 #B7BDBD #BDB7BD

tetradic

#BDBDB7 #B7BDBA #B7B7BD #BDB7BA

square

#BDBDB7 #B7BDBA #B7B7BD #BDB7BA

split-complementary

#BDBDB7 #B7BABD #BAB7BD

monochromatic

#828277 #A0A097 #BDBDB7 #DADAD7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBDB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BDBDB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDB7

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDB7	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBCB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.008 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cc',
    500: '#bdbdb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdb7;
$custom-light: #d0d0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.348,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79664,
    "c": 0.00833,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDB7

secondary

#898990

accent

#578E57

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDB7

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

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