#BDBEC1#BDBEC1

#BDBEC1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.004 H 271.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEC1
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 193)
HSL	hsl(225, 3%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(225, 2%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, 0.21, -1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 1.64, 277.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% 0.0001 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.004 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0237, 51.4959, 57.7987)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEC1 #C1C0BD

analogous

#BDC0C1 #BDBEC1 #BEBDC1

triadic

#BDBEC1 #C1BDBE #BEC1BD

tetradic

#BDBEC1 #C1BDC0 #C1C0BD #BDC1BE

square

#BDBEC1 #C1BDC0 #C1C0BD #BDC1BE

split-complementary

#BDBEC1 #C1BEBD #C0C1BD

monochromatic

#7E8086 #9D9FA3 #BDBEC1 #DDDDDF #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBEC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BDBEC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEC1

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEC1	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBEC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBEC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.004 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d3',
    500: '#bdbec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbec1;
$custom-light: #d0d1d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 3.125,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80161,
    "c": 0.00434,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEC1

secondary

#94928F

accent

#80598D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEC1

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

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