#BDBFB9#BDBFB9

#BDBFB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.009 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFB9
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 185)
HSL	hsl(80, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(80, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 3.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -1.80, 2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 3.31, 122.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.0045 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.009 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3726, 51.5832, 53.2977)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFB9 #BBB9BF

analogous

#BFBEB9 #BDBFB9 #BABFB9

triadic

#BDBFB9 #B9BDBF #BFB9BD

tetradic

#BDBFB9 #B9BFBE #BBB9BF #BFB9BA

square

#BDBFB9 #B9BFBE #BBB9BF #BFB9BA

split-complementary

#BDBFB9 #B9BABF #BEB9BF

monochromatic

#818479 #9FA299 #BDBFB9 #DBDCD9 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBFB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BDBFB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFB9

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFB9	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BEB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.009 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2ce',
    500: '#bdbfb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfb9;
$custom-light: #d0d2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80133,
    "c": 0.00859,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFB9

secondary

#8D8B92

accent

#578E6A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFB9

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

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