#BDBEC5#BDBEC5

#BDBEC5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.010 H 279.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEC5
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(233, 6%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(233, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, 0.97, -3.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 3.77, 284.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% 0.0017 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.01 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4759, 51.6768, 60.1806)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEC5 #C5C4BD

analogous

#BDC2C5 #BDBEC5 #C0BDC5

triadic

#BDBEC5 #C5BDBE #BEC5BD

tetradic

#BDBEC5 #C5BDC2 #C5C4BD #BDC5C0

square

#BDBEC5 #C5BDC2 #C5C4BD #BDC5C0

split-complementary

#BDBEC5 #C5C0BD #C2C5BD

monochromatic

#7C7E8C #9C9EA8 #BDBEC5 #DEDEE2 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BDBEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEC5

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEC5	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBEC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.010 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d6',
    500: '#bdbec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbec5;
$custom-light: #d0d1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80282,
    "c": 0.00984,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEC5

secondary

#98978E

accent

#895590

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEC5

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

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