#BDBDBA#BDBDBA

#BDBDBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.004 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDBA
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(60, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -0.55, 1.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 1.61, 110.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0012 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.004 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0454, 50.7592, 53.7112)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDBA #BABABD

analogous

#BDBBBA #BDBDBA #BBBDBA

triadic

#BDBDBA #BABDBD #BDBABD

tetradic

#BDBDBA #BABDBB #BABABD #BDBABB

square

#BDBDBA #BABDBB #BABABD #BDBABB

split-complementary

#BDBDBA #BABBBD #BBBABD

monochromatic

#81817B #9F9F9B #BDBDBA #DBDBD9 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BDBDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDBA

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDBA	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.004 106.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 2.222,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7975,
    "c": 0.00417,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDBA

secondary

#8C8C8F

accent

#5A8C5A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDBA

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

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