#BDBDC5#BDBDC5

#BDBDC5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.011 H 286.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDC5
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 197)
HSL	hsl(240, 6%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(240, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 4.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, 1.51, -4.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 4.29, 290.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% 0.0031 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.011 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.2601, 51.2451, 60.1086)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDC5 #C5C5BD

analogous

#BDC1C5 #BDBDC5 #C1BDC5

triadic

#BDBDC5 #C5BDBD #BDC5BD

tetradic

#BDBDC5 #C5BDC1 #C5C5BD #BDC5C1

square

#BDBDC5 #C5BDC1 #C5C5BD #BDC5C1

split-complementary

#BDBDC5 #C5C1BD #C1C5BD

monochromatic

#7C7C8C #9C9CA8 #BDBDC5 #DEDEE2 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BDBDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDC5

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDC5	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.011 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d6',
    500: '#bdbdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdc5;
$custom-light: #d0d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80078,
    "c": 0.01116,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDC5

secondary

#98988E

accent

#905590

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDC5

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

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