#BDBDBF#BDBDBF

#BDBDBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.003 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDBF
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(240, 2%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, 0.37, -1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 1.07, 290.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% 0.0008 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.003 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5862, 50.9756, 56.5597)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDBF #BFBFBD

analogous

#BDBEBF #BDBDBF #BEBDBF

triadic

#BDBDBF #BFBDBD #BDBFBD

tetradic

#BDBDBF #BFBDBE #BFBFBD #BDBFBE

square

#BDBDBF #BFBDBE #BFBFBD #BDBFBE

split-complementary

#BDBDBF #BFBEBD #BEBFBD

monochromatic

#7F7F83 #9E9EA1 #BDBDBF #DCDCDD #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BDBDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDBF

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDBF	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.003 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d2',
    500: '#bdbdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdbf;
$custom-light: #d0d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 1.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79896,
    "c": 0.00278,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDBF

secondary

#91918F

accent

#8B5A8B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDBF

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

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