#BDBDC6#BDBDC6

#BDBDC6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.013 H 286.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDC6
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 198)
HSL	hsl(240, 7%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(240, 5%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 4.5%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, 1.70, -4.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 4.83, 290.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% 0.0035 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.013 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.3750, 51.2911, 60.7141)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDC6 #C6C6BD

analogous

#BDC1C6 #BDBDC6 #C1BDC6

triadic

#BDBDC6 #C6BDBD #BDC6BD

tetradic

#BDBDC6 #C6BDC1 #C6C6BD #BDC6C1

square

#BDBDC6 #C6BDC1 #C6C6BD #BDC6C1

split-complementary

#BDBDC6 #C6C1BD #C1C6BD

monochromatic

#7B7B8D #9C9CAA #BDBDC6 #DEDEE2 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBDC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#BDBDC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDC6

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDC6	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.013 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d7',
    500: '#bdbdc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdc6;
$custom-light: #d0d0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 7.317,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80109,
    "c": 0.01255,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDC6

secondary

#99998E

accent

#915491

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDC6

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

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