#BDBEBA#BDBEBA

#BDBEBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.006 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEBA
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 186)
HSL	hsl(75, 3%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(75, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -1.08, 1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 2.18, 119.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0026 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.006 118)
XYZ	xyz(48.2612, 51.1909, 53.7832)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEBA #BBBABE

analogous

#BEBDBA #BDBEBA #BBBEBA

triadic

#BDBEBA #BABDBE #BEBABD

tetradic

#BDBEBA #BABEBD #BBBABE #BEBABB

square

#BDBEBA #BABEBD #BBBABE #BEBABB

split-complementary

#BDBEBA #BABBBE #BDBABE

monochromatic

#81837B #9FA09A #BDBEBA #DBDCDA #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBEBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BDBEBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEBA

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEBA	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbeba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.006 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ce',
    500: '#bdbeba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbeba;
$custom-light: #d0d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbeba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 2.985,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79956,
    "c": 0.00565,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.51191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEBA

secondary

#8D8C90

accent

#598D66

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEBA

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

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