#BDBEBD#BDBEBD

#BDBEBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.002 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEBD
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(120, 1%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(120, 1%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -0.53, 0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 0.65, 144.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0015 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.002 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5835, 51.3198, 55.4805)
Luminance	0.5132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEBD #BEBDBE

analogous

#BEBEBD #BDBEBD #BDBEBE

triadic

#BDBEBD #BDBDBE #BEBDBD

tetradic

#BDBEBD #BDBEBE #BEBDBE #BEBEBD

square

#BDBEBD #BDBEBE #BEBDBE #BEBEBD

split-complementary

#BDBEBD #BEBDBE #BEBDBE

monochromatic

#7F817F #9EA09E #BDBEBD #DCDCDC #F0F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#BDBEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEBD

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEBD	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	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)

#BEBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.002 145.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 0.763,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80043,
    "c": 0.00177,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEBD

secondary

#908F90

accent

#5B8A8A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEBD

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

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