#BDBDC2#BDBDC2

#BDBDC2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.007 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDC2
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 194)
HSL	hsl(240, 4%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(240, 3%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, 0.94, -2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 2.68, 290.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% 0.002 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.007 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9197, 51.1090, 58.3163)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDC2 #C2C2BD

analogous

#BDBFC2 #BDBDC2 #BFBDC2

triadic

#BDBDC2 #C2BDBD #BDC2BD

tetradic

#BDBDC2 #C2BDBF #C2C2BD #BDC2BF

square

#BDBDC2 #C2BDBF #C2C2BD #BDC2BF

split-complementary

#BDBDC2 #C2BFBD #BFC2BD

monochromatic

#7D7D87 #9D9DA5 #BDBDC2 #DDDDDF #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BDBDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDC2

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDC2	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.007 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d4',
    500: '#bdbdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdc2;
$custom-light: #d0d0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 3.937,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79987,
    "c": 0.00697,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDC2

secondary

#95958F

accent

#8E588E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDC2

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

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