#BDBEBB#BDBEBB

#BDBEBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.004 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEBB
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 187)
HSL	hsl(80, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(80, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -0.90, 1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 1.66, 122.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.0022 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.004 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3679, 51.2336, 54.3450)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEBB #BCBBBE

analogous

#BEBEBB #BDBEBB #BCBEBB

triadic

#BDBEBB #BBBDBE #BEBBBD

tetradic

#BDBEBB #BBBEBE #BCBBBE #BEBBBC

square

#BDBEBB #BBBEBE #BCBBBE #BEBBBC

split-complementary

#BDBEBB #BBBCBE #BEBBBE

monochromatic

#80827C #9FA09C #BDBEBB #DBDCDA #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BDBEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEBB

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEBB	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.004 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1cf',
    500: '#bdbebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbebb;
$custom-light: #d0d1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 2.256,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79984,
    "c": 0.0043,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEBB

secondary

#8E8D90

accent

#598C6A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEBB

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

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