#BDBDB8#BDBDB8

#BDBDB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.007 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDB8
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -0.91, 2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 2.68, 109.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.002 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.007 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8342, 50.6748, 52.5993)
Luminance	0.5068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDB8 #B8B8BD

analogous

#BDBAB8 #BDBDB8 #BABDB8

triadic

#BDBDB8 #B8BDBD #BDB8BD

tetradic

#BDBDB8 #B8BDBA #B8B8BD #BDB8BA

square

#BDBDB8 #B8BDBA #B8B8BD #BDB8BA

split-complementary

#BDBDB8 #B8BABD #BAB8BD

monochromatic

#828279 #A0A098 #BDBDB8 #DADAD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BDBDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDB8

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDB8	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.007 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cd',
    500: '#bdbdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdb8;
$custom-light: #d0d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 3.65,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79692,
    "c": 0.00694,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDB8

secondary

#8A8A90

accent

#588D58

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDB8

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

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