#BDBFB7#BDBFB7

#BDBFB7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.011 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFB7
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 183)
HSL	hsl(75, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(75, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -2.16, 3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 4.36, 119.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0053 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.011 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.1630, 51.4994, 52.1936)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFB7 #B9B7BF

analogous

#BFBDB7 #BDBFB7 #B9BFB7

triadic

#BDBFB7 #B7BDBF #BFB7BD

tetradic

#BDBFB7 #B7BFBD #B9B7BF #BFB7B9

square

#BDBFB7 #B7BFBD #B9B7BF #BFB7B9

split-complementary

#BDBFB7 #B7B9BF #BDB7BF

monochromatic

#818576 #9FA297 #BDBFB7 #DBDCD7 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBFB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BDBFB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFB7

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFB7	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BEB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.011 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2cc',
    500: '#bdbfb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfb7;
$custom-light: #d0d2cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80077,
    "c": 0.01128,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFB7

secondary

#8B8892

accent

#569064

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFB7

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

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