#BDBEB4#BDBEB4

#BDBEB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.014 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEB4
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 180)
HSL	hsl(66, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(66, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -2.16, 4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 5.38, 113.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.005 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.014 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6367, 50.9411, 50.4942)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEB4 #B5B4BE

analogous

#BEBAB4 #BDBEB4 #B8BEB4

triadic

#BDBEB4 #B4BDBE #BEB4BD

tetradic

#BDBEB4 #B4BEBA #B5B4BE #BEB4B8

square

#BDBEB4 #B4BEBA #B5B4BE #BEB4B8

split-complementary

#BDBEB4 #B4B8BE #BAB4BE

monochromatic

#838573 #A0A293 #BDBEB4 #DADAD5 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BDBEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEB4

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEB4	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BDB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.014 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ca',
    500: '#bdbeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbeb4;
$custom-light: #d0d1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79787,
    "c": 0.01387,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEB4

secondary

#868591

accent

#54915A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEB4

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

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