#BDBEB8#BDBEB8

#BDBEB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.008 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEB8
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 184)
HSL	hsl(70, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(70, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -1.45, 2.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 3.24, 116.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0034 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.008 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0501, 51.1065, 52.6713)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEB8 #B9B8BE

analogous

#BEBCB8 #BDBEB8 #BABEB8

triadic

#BDBEB8 #B8BDBE #BEB8BD

tetradic

#BDBEB8 #B8BEBC #B9B8BE #BEB8BA

square

#BDBEB8 #B8BEBC #B9B8BE #BEB8BA

split-complementary

#BDBEB8 #B8BABE #BCB8BE

monochromatic

#818378 #9FA198 #BDBEB8 #DBDBD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BDBEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEB8

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEB8	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.008 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1cd',
    500: '#bdbeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbeb8;
$custom-light: #d0d1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 4.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79899,
    "c": 0.00838,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEB8

secondary

#8B8A91

accent

#578E60

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEB8

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

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