#BDBDB9#BDBDB9

#BDBDB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.006 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDB9
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(60, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -0.73, 2.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 2.15, 109.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0016 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.006 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9394, 50.7169, 53.1533)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDB9 #B9B9BD

analogous

#BDBBB9 #BDBDB9 #BBBDB9

triadic

#BDBDB9 #B9BDBD #BDB9BD

tetradic

#BDBDB9 #B9BDBB #B9B9BD #BDB9BB

square

#BDBDB9 #B9BDBB #B9B9BD #BDB9BB

split-complementary

#BDBDB9 #B9BBBD #BBB9BD

monochromatic

#81817A #9F9F99 #BDBDB9 #DBDBD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BDBDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDB9

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDB9	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	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)

#BEBDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.006 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ce',
    500: '#bdbdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdb9;
$custom-light: #d0d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 2.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79721,
    "c": 0.00555,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDB9

secondary

#8B8B8F

accent

#598D59

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDB9

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

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