#BDBFB8#BDBFB8

#BDBFB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.010 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFB8
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 184)
HSL	hsl(77, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(77, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -1.98, 3.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 3.83, 121.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0049 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.01 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2674, 51.5411, 52.7437)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFB8 #BAB8BF

analogous

#BFBDB8 #BDBFB8 #B9BFB8

triadic

#BDBFB8 #B8BDBF #BFB8BD

tetradic

#BDBFB8 #B8BFBD #BAB8BF #BFB8B9

square

#BDBFB8 #B8BFBD #BAB8BF #BFB8B9

split-complementary

#BDBFB8 #B8B9BF #BDB8BF

monochromatic

#818578 #9FA298 #BDBFB8 #DBDCD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBFB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#BDBFB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFB8

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFB8	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BEB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.010 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2cd',
    500: '#bdbfb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfb8;
$custom-light: #d0d2cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80105,
    "c": 0.00993,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFB8

secondary

#8C8992

accent

#568F67

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFB8

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

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