#BDBEC6#BDBEC6

#BDBEC6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.011 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEC6
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 198)
HSL	hsl(233, 7%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(233, 5%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, 1.17, -4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 4.30, 285.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% 0.002 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.011 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5909, 51.7228, 60.7860)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEC6 #C6C5BD

analogous

#BDC2C6 #BDBEC6 #C0BDC6

triadic

#BDBEC6 #C6BDBE #BEC6BD

tetradic

#BDBEC6 #C6BDC2 #C6C5BD #BDC6C0

square

#BDBEC6 #C6BDC2 #C6C5BD #BDC6C0

split-complementary

#BDBEC6 #C6C0BD #C2C6BD

monochromatic

#7B7D8D #9C9EAA #BDBEC6 #DEDEE2 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BDBEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEC6

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEC6	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)

#BCBFC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBEC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.011 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d7',
    500: '#bdbec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbec6;
$custom-light: #d0d1d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 7.317,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80313,
    "c": 0.01123,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEC6

secondary

#99988E

accent

#8A5491

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEC6

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

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