#BDC3BF#BDC3BF

#BDC3BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.009 H 157.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC3BF
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 191)
HSL	hsl(140, 5%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(140, 3%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 2.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -2.81, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 3.09, 155.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0079 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.009 157.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.9037, 53.6104, 56.9989)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC3BF #C3BDC1

analogous

#BEC3BD #BDC3BF #BDC3C2

triadic

#BDC3BF #BFBDC3 #C3BFBD

tetradic

#BDC3BF #BDBEC3 #C3BDC1 #C3C2BD

square

#BDC3BF #BDBEC3 #C3BDC1 #C3C2BD

split-complementary

#BDC3BF #C2BDC3 #C3BDBE

monochromatic

#7D8981 #9DA6A0 #BDC3BF #DDE0DE #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDC3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#BDC3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC3BF

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC3BF	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.009 157.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5d2',
    500: '#bdc3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc3bf;
$custom-light: #d0d5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81131,
    "c": 0.00862,
    "h": 157.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC3BF

secondary

#968E93

accent

#577C8F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC3BF

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

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