#BDBFBE#BDBFBE

#BDBFBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.003 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFBE
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(150, 2%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(150, 1%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -0.88, 0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 0.92, 163.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.0025 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.003 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9097, 51.7981, 56.1266)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFBE #BFBDBE

analogous

#BDBFBD #BDBFBE #BDBFBF

triadic

#BDBFBE #BEBDBF #BFBEBD

tetradic

#BDBFBE #BDBDBF #BFBDBE #BFBFBD

square

#BDBFBE #BDBDBF #BFBDBE #BFBFBD

split-complementary

#BDBFBE #BFBDBF #BFBDBD

monochromatic

#7F8381 #9EA19F #BDBFBE #DCDDDD #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BDBFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFBE

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFBE	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.003 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2d1',
    500: '#bdbfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfbe;
$custom-light: #d0d2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 1.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80277,
    "c": 0.00262,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFBE

secondary

#918F90

accent

#5A738B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFBE

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

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