#BDBDBE#BDBDBE

#BDBDBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.001 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDBE
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(240, 1%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, 0.19, -0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 0.54, 290.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% 0.0004 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.001 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4766, 50.9317, 55.9822)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDBE #BEBEBD

analogous

#BDBEBE #BDBDBE #BEBDBE

triadic

#BDBDBE #BEBDBD #BDBEBD

tetradic

#BDBDBE #BEBDBE #BEBEBD #BDBEBE

square

#BDBDBE #BEBDBE #BEBEBD #BDBEBE

split-complementary

#BDBDBE #BEBEBD #BEBEBD

monochromatic

#7F7F81 #9E9EA0 #BDBDBE #DCDCDC #F0F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BDBDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDBE

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDBE	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.001 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d1',
    500: '#bdbdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdbe;
$custom-light: #d0d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 0.763,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79867,
    "c": 0.00139,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDBE

secondary

#90908F

accent

#8A5B8A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDBE

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

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