#BDBEBC#BDBEBC

#BDBEBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.003 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEBC
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(90, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(90, 1%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -0.72, 0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 1.14, 129.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.0019 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.003 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4753, 51.2766, 54.9108)
Luminance	0.5128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEBC #BDBCBE

analogous

#BEBEBC #BDBEBC #BCBEBC

triadic

#BDBEBC #BCBDBE #BEBCBD

tetradic

#BDBEBC #BCBEBE #BDBCBE #BEBCBC

square

#BDBEBC #BCBEBE #BDBCBE #BEBCBC

split-complementary

#BDBEBC #BCBCBE #BEBCBE

monochromatic

#80827E #9EA09D #BDBEBC #DCDCDB #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#BDBEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEBC

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEBC	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.003 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d0',
    500: '#bdbebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbebc;
$custom-light: #d0d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 1.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80013,
    "c": 0.00298,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEBC

secondary

#8F8E90

accent

#5A8B73

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEBC

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

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