#BDBDBC#BDBDBC

#BDBDBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.001 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDBC
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(60, 1%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 1%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -0.18, 0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 0.54, 110.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0004 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.001 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2595, 50.8449, 54.8388)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDBC #BCBCBD

analogous

#BDBDBC #BDBDBC #BDBDBC

triadic

#BDBDBC #BCBDBD #BDBCBD

tetradic

#BDBDBC #BCBDBD #BCBCBD #BDBCBD

square

#BDBDBC #BCBDBD #BCBCBD #BDBCBD

split-complementary

#BDBDBC #BCBDBD #BDBCBD

monochromatic

#80807E #9F9F9D #BDBDBC #DBDBDB #F0F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BDBDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDBC

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDBC	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.001 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d0',
    500: '#bdbdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdbc;
$custom-light: #d0d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 0.752,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79808,
    "c": 0.00139,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDBC

secondary

#8E8E8F

accent

#5B8A5B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDBC

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

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