#BDBFBD#BDBFBD

#BDBFBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.004 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFBD
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(120, 1%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -1.06, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 1.31, 144.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0029 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.004 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8008, 51.7545, 55.5529)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFBD #BFBDBF

analogous

#BEBFBD #BDBFBD #BDBFBE

triadic

#BDBFBD #BDBDBF #BFBDBD

tetradic

#BDBFBD #BDBEBF #BFBDBF #BFBEBD

square

#BDBFBD #BDBEBF #BFBDBF #BFBEBD

split-complementary

#BDBFBD #BEBDBF #BFBDBE

monochromatic

#7F837F #9EA19E #BDBFBD #DCDDDC #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BDBFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFBD

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFBD	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.004 145.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 1.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80248,
    "c": 0.00354,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFBD

secondary

#918F91

accent

#5A8B8B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFBD

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

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