#BDBEB7#BDBEB7

#BDBEB7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.010 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEB7
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 183)
HSL	hsl(69, 5%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(69, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -1.63, 3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 3.77, 115.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.0038 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.01 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9456, 51.0647, 52.1212)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEB7 #B8B7BE

analogous

#BEBBB7 #BDBEB7 #B9BEB7

triadic

#BDBEB7 #B7BDBE #BEB7BD

tetradic

#BDBEB7 #B7BEBB #B8B7BE #BEB7B9

square

#BDBEB7 #B7BEBB #B8B7BE #BEB7B9

split-complementary

#BDBEB7 #B7B9BE #BBB7BE

monochromatic

#828477 #A0A197 #BDBEB7 #DADBD7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBEB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BDBEB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEB7

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEB7	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbeb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.010 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1cc',
    500: '#bdbeb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbeb7;
$custom-light: #d0d1cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbeb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 5.109,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7987,
    "c": 0.00976,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEB7

secondary

#8A8991

accent

#578F5F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEB7

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

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