#BDBDBB#BDBDBB

#BDBDBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.003 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDBB
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 187)
HSL	hsl(60, 1%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 1%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -0.37, 1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 1.07, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0008 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.003 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1521, 50.8019, 54.2731)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDBB #BBBBBD

analogous

#BDBCBB #BDBDBB #BCBDBB

triadic

#BDBDBB #BBBDBD #BDBBBD

tetradic

#BDBDBB #BBBDBC #BBBBBD #BDBBBC

square

#BDBDBB #BBBDBC #BBBBBD #BDBBBC

split-complementary

#BDBDBB #BBBCBD #BCBBBD

monochromatic

#81817D #9F9F9C #BDBDBB #DBDBDA #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBDBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BDBDBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDBB

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDBB	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.003 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cf',
    500: '#bdbdbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdbb;
$custom-light: #d0d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.493,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79779,
    "c": 0.00278,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDBB

secondary

#8D8D8F

accent

#5A8B5A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDBB

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

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