#BDC2BD#BDC2BD

#BDC2BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.009 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC2BD
RGB	rgb(189, 194, 189)
HSL	hsl(120, 4%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -2.65, 1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 3.27, 144.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0073 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.009 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4618, 53.0764, 55.7732)
Luminance	0.5308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC2BD #C2BDC2

analogous

#BFC2BD #BDC2BD #BDC2BF

triadic

#BDC2BD #BDBDC2 #C2BDBD

tetradic

#BDC2BD #BDBFC2 #C2BDC2 #C2BFBD

square

#BDC2BD #BDBFC2 #C2BDC2 #C2BFBD

split-complementary

#BDC2BD #BFBDC2 #C2BDBF

monochromatic

#7D877D #9DA59D #BDC2BD #DDDFDD #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BDC2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#BDC2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC2BD

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC2BD	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 194, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.009 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d4d0',
    500: '#bdc2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc2bd;
$custom-light: #d0d4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 3.937,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80867,
    "c": 0.00884,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC2BD

secondary

#958F95

accent

#588E8E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC2BD

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

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