#BDBFB5#BDBFB5

#BDBFB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.014 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFB5
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 181)
HSL	hsl(72, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(72, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 5.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -2.51, 4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 5.41, 117.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0061 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.014 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9563, 51.4167, 51.1051)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFB5 #B7B5BF

analogous

#BFBCB5 #BDBFB5 #B8BFB5

triadic

#BDBFB5 #B5BDBF #BFB5BD

tetradic

#BDBFB5 #B5BFBC #B7B5BF #BFB5B8

square

#BDBFB5 #B5BFBC #B7B5BF #BFB5B8

split-complementary

#BDBFB5 #B5B8BF #BCB5BF

monochromatic

#828674 #A0A394 #BDBFB5 #DADBD6 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBFB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BDBFB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFB5

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFB5	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BEB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.014 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2cb',
    500: '#bdbfb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfb5;
$custom-light: #d0d2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80021,
    "c": 0.01399,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFB5

secondary

#898692

accent

#549160

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFB5

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

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