#BDC0BD#BDC0BD

#BDC0BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.005 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC0BD
RGB	rgb(189, 192, 189)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(120, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 1.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -1.60, 1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 1.96, 144.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0044 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.005 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0196, 52.1921, 55.6259)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC0BD #C0BDC0

analogous

#BFC0BD #BDC0BD #BDC0BF

triadic

#BDC0BD #BDBDC0 #C0BDBD

tetradic

#BDC0BD #BDBFC0 #C0BDC0 #C0BFBD

square

#BDC0BD #BDBFC0 #C0BDC0 #C0BFBD

split-complementary

#BDC0BD #BFBDC0 #C0BDBF

monochromatic

#7E847E #9EA29E #BDC0BD #DCDEDC #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDC0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#BDC0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC0BD

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC0BD	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 192, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.005 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d3d0',
    500: '#bdc0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc0bd;
$custom-light: #d0d3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 2.326,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80454,
    "c": 0.00531,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC0BD

secondary

#928F92

accent

#598C8C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC0BD

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

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