#BDC3BE#BDC3BE

#BDC3BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.010 H 150.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC3BE
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 190)
HSL	hsl(130, 5%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(130, 3%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -3.00, 1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 3.49, 149.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0083 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.01 150.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7940, 53.5665, 56.4213)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC3BE #C3BDC2

analogous

#BFC3BD #BDC3BE #BDC3C1

triadic

#BDC3BE #BEBDC3 #C3BEBD

tetradic

#BDC3BE #BDBFC3 #C3BDC2 #C3C1BD

square

#BDC3BE #BDBFC3 #C3BDC2 #C3C1BD

split-complementary

#BDC3BE #C1BDC3 #C3BDBF

monochromatic

#7D897F #9DA69E #BDC3BE #DDE0DE #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDC3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#BDC3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC3BE

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC3BE	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.010 150.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5d1',
    500: '#bdc3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc3be;
$custom-light: #d0d5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81103,
    "c": 0.00955,
    "h": 150.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC3BE

secondary

#968E95

accent

#57858F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC3BE

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

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