#BDC3BC#BDC3BC

#BDC3BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.012 H 141.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC3BC
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 188)
HSL	hsl(111, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(111, 4%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -3.37, 2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 4.37, 140.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0091 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.012 141.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.5769, 53.4797, 55.2780)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC3BC #C2BCC3

analogous

#C0C3BC #BDC3BC #BCC3BE

triadic

#BDC3BC #BCBDC3 #C3BCBD

tetradic

#BDC3BC #BCC0C3 #C2BCC3 #C3BEBC

square

#BDC3BC #BCC0C3 #C2BCC3 #C3BEBC

split-complementary

#BDC3BC #BEBCC3 #C3BCC0

monochromatic

#7D897B #9DA69C #BDC3BC #DDE0DC #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDC3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#BDC3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC3BC

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC3BC	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.012 141.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5d0',
    500: '#bdc3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc3bc;
$custom-light: #d0d5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 111.429,
    "s": 5.512,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81046,
    "c": 0.01171,
    "h": 141.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC3BC

secondary

#958D96

accent

#568F87

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC3BC

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

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