#BDC3BD#BDC3BD

#BDC3BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.011 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC3BD
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 189)
HSL	hsl(120, 5%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -3.18, 2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 3.92, 144.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0087 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.011 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6851, 53.5230, 55.8477)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC3BD #C3BDC3

analogous

#C0C3BD #BDC3BD #BDC3C0

triadic

#BDC3BD #BDBDC3 #C3BDBD

tetradic

#BDC3BD #BDC0C3 #C3BDC3 #C3C0BD

square

#BDC3BD #BDC0C3 #C3BDC3 #C3C0BD

split-complementary

#BDC3BD #C0BDC3 #C3BDC0

monochromatic

#7D897D #9DA69D #BDC3BD #DDE0DD #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDC3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#BDC3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC3BD

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC3BD	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	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)

#C3C2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.011 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5d0',
    500: '#bdc3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc3bd;
$custom-light: #d0d5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81074,
    "c": 0.0106,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC3BD

secondary

#968E96

accent

#578F8F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC3BD

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

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