#BDBFBF#BDBFBF

#BDBFBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.002 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFBF
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 191)
HSL	hsl(180, 2%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(180, 1%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -0.69, -0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 0.73, 199.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0021 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.002 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0194, 51.8419, 56.7041)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFBF #BFBDBD

analogous

#BDBFBE #BDBFBF #BDBEBF

triadic

#BDBFBF #BFBDBF #BFBFBD

tetradic

#BDBFBF #BEBDBF #BFBDBD #BEBFBD

square

#BDBFBF #BEBDBF #BFBDBD #BEBFBD

split-complementary

#BDBFBF #BFBDBE #BFBEBD

monochromatic

#7F8383 #9EA1A1 #BDBFBF #DCDDDD #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BDBFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFBF

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFBF	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBEBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.002 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2d2',
    500: '#bdbfbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfbf;
$custom-light: #d0d2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 1.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80307,
    "c": 0.00224,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFBF

secondary

#918F8F

accent

#5A5A8B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFBF

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

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