#BDBEB5#BDBEB5

#BDBEB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.013 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEB5
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 181)
HSL	hsl(67, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(67, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 4.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -1.98, 4.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 4.84, 114.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0046 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.013 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7390, 50.9820, 51.0326)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEB5 #B6B5BE

analogous

#BEBAB5 #BDBEB5 #B8BEB5

triadic

#BDBEB5 #B5BDBE #BEB5BD

tetradic

#BDBEB5 #B5BEBA #B6B5BE #BEB5B8

square

#BDBEB5 #B5BEBA #B6B5BE #BEB5B8

split-complementary

#BDBEB5 #B5B8BE #BAB5BE

monochromatic

#838474 #A0A194 #BDBEB5 #DADBD6 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BDBEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEB5

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEB5	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BDB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.013 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1cb',
    500: '#bdbeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbeb5;
$custom-light: #d0d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 6.475,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79814,
    "c": 0.01251,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEB5

secondary

#888691

accent

#55905C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEB5

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

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