#BDBEC3#BDBEC3

#BDBEC3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.007 H 277.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEC3
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 195)
HSL	hsl(230, 5%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(230, 3%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, 0.59, -2.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 2.70, 282.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% 0.0009 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.007 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.2483, 51.5857, 58.9817)
Luminance	0.5159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEC3 #C3C2BD

analogous

#BDC1C3 #BDBEC3 #BFBDC3

triadic

#BDBEC3 #C3BDBE #BEC3BD

tetradic

#BDBEC3 #C3BDC1 #C3C2BD #BDC3BF

square

#BDBEC3 #C3BDC1 #C3C2BD #BDC3BF

split-complementary

#BDBEC3 #C3BFBD #C1C3BD

monochromatic

#7D7F89 #9D9EA6 #BDBEC3 #DDDEE0 #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BDBEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEC3

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEC3	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBEC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.007 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d5',
    500: '#bdbec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbec3;
$custom-light: #d0d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80221,
    "c": 0.00707,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEC3

secondary

#96958E

accent

#85578F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEC3

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

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