#BDBFC5#BDBFC5

#BDBFC5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.009 H 271.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFC5
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 197)
HSL	hsl(225, 6%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(225, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, 0.44, -3.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 3.28, 277.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% 0.0002 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.009 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6932, 52.1115, 60.2530)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFC5 #C5C3BD

analogous

#BDC3C5 #BDBFC5 #BFBDC5

triadic

#BDBFC5 #C5BDBF #BFC5BD

tetradic

#BDBFC5 #C5BDC3 #C5C3BD #BDC5BF

square

#BDBFC5 #C5BDC3 #C5C3BD #BDC5BF

split-complementary

#BDBFC5 #C5BFBD #C3C5BD

monochromatic

#7C808C #9C9FA8 #BDBFC5 #DEDFE2 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDBFC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#BDBFC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFC5

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFC5	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBFC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBFC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.009 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2d6',
    500: '#bdbfc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfc5;
$custom-light: #d0d2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80487,
    "c": 0.00868,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFC5

secondary

#98968E

accent

#825590

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFC5

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

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