#BDBFB6#BDBFB6

#BDBFB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.013 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFB6
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 182)
HSL	hsl(73, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(73, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 4.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -2.33, 4.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 4.89, 118.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0057 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.013 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0593, 51.4579, 51.6474)
Luminance	0.5146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFB6 #B8B6BF

analogous

#BFBCB6 #BDBFB6 #B8BFB6

triadic

#BDBFB6 #B6BDBF #BFB6BD

tetradic

#BDBFB6 #B6BFBC #B8B6BF #BFB6B8

square

#BDBFB6 #B6BFBC #B8B6BF #BFB6B8

split-complementary

#BDBFB6 #B6B8BF #BCB6BF

monochromatic

#828675 #A0A295 #BDBFB6 #DADCD7 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBFB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BDBFB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFB6

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFB6	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BEB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.013 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2cb',
    500: '#bdbfb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfb6;
$custom-light: #d0d2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 6.569,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80049,
    "c": 0.01263,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFB6

secondary

#8A8792

accent

#559062

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFB6

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

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