#BDBFBC#BDBFBC

#BDBFBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.005 H 134.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFBC
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 188)
HSL	hsl(100, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(100, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -1.25, 1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 1.78, 134.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0033 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.005 134.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6926, 51.7112, 54.9832)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFBC #BEBCBF

analogous

#BFBFBC #BDBFBC #BCBFBD

triadic

#BDBFBC #BCBDBF #BFBCBD

tetradic

#BDBFBC #BCBFBF #BEBCBF #BFBDBC

square

#BDBFBC #BCBFBF #BEBCBF #BFBDBC

split-complementary

#BDBFBC #BDBCBF #BFBCBF

monochromatic

#7F837D #9EA19D #BDBFBC #DCDDDB #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BDBFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFBC

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFBC	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.005 134.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2d0',
    500: '#bdbfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfbc;
$custom-light: #d0d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 2.29,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80219,
    "c": 0.0047,
    "h": 134.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFBC

secondary

#908E91

accent

#598C7B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFBC

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

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