#BDBDC3#BDBDC3

#BDBDC3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.008 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDC3
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 195)
HSL	hsl(240, 5%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(240, 3%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, 1.13, -3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 3.22, 290.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% 0.0023 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.008 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0324, 51.1541, 58.9097)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDC3 #C3C3BD

analogous

#BDC0C3 #BDBDC3 #C0BDC3

triadic

#BDBDC3 #C3BDBD #BDC3BD

tetradic

#BDBDC3 #C3BDC0 #C3C3BD #BDC3C0

square

#BDBDC3 #C3BDC0 #C3C3BD #BDC3C0

split-complementary

#BDBDC3 #C3C0BD #C0C3BD

monochromatic

#7D7D89 #9D9DA6 #BDBDC3 #DDDDE0 #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBDC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BDBDC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDC3

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDC3	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.008 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d5',
    500: '#bdbdc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdc3;
$custom-light: #d0d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80017,
    "c": 0.00836,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDC3

secondary

#96968E

accent

#8F578F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDC3

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

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