#BDBDC4#BDBDC4

#BDBDC4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.010 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDC4
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 196)
HSL	hsl(240, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(240, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, 1.32, -3.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 3.76, 290.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% 0.0027 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.01 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1459, 51.1994, 59.5072)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDC4 #C4C4BD

analogous

#BDC0C4 #BDBDC4 #C0BDC4

triadic

#BDBDC4 #C4BDBD #BDC4BD

tetradic

#BDBDC4 #C4BDC0 #C4C4BD #BDC4C0

square

#BDBDC4 #C4BDC0 #C4C4BD #BDC4C0

split-complementary

#BDBDC4 #C4C0BD #C0C4BD

monochromatic

#7C7C8A #9D9DA7 #BDBDC4 #DDDDE1 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BDBDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDC4

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDC4	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.010 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d5',
    500: '#bdbdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdc4;
$custom-light: #d0d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 5.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80048,
    "c": 0.00976,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDC4

secondary

#97978E

accent

#8F568F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDC4

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

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