#BDC3BB#BDC3BB

#BDC3BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.013 H 137.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC3BB
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 187)
HSL	hsl(105, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(105, 4%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -3.55, 3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 4.84, 137.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0095 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.013 137.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.4695, 53.4367, 54.7122)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC3BB #C1BBC3

analogous

#C1C3BB #BDC3BB #BBC3BD

triadic

#BDC3BB #BBBDC3 #C3BBBD

tetradic

#BDC3BB #BBC1C3 #C1BBC3 #C3BDBB

square

#BDC3BB #BBC1C3 #C1BBC3 #C3BDBB

split-complementary

#BDC3BB #BDBBC3 #C3BBC1

monochromatic

#7E8A7A #9DA69A #BDC3BB #DDE0DC #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDC3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#BDC3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC3BB

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC3BB	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.013 137.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5cf',
    500: '#bdc3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc3bb;
$custom-light: #d0d5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 6.25,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81017,
    "c": 0.01287,
    "h": 137.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC3BB

secondary

#948C96

accent

#559081

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC3BB

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

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