#BDC4BF#BDC4BF

#BDC4BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.010 H 155.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC4BF
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 191)
HSL	hsl(137, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(137, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -3.34, 1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 3.73, 153.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0094 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.01 155.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1285, 54.0600, 57.0738)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC4BF #C4BDC2

analogous

#BEC4BD #BDC4BF #BDC4C2

triadic

#BDC4BF #BFBDC4 #C4BFBD

tetradic

#BDC4BF #BDBEC4 #C4BDC2 #C4C2BD

square

#BDC4BF #BDBEC4 #C4BDC2 #C4C2BD

split-complementary

#BDC4BF #C2BDC4 #C4BDBE

monochromatic

#7C8A80 #9DA7A0 #BDC4BF #DDE1DE #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BDC4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#BDC4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC4BF

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC4BF	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.010 155.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5d2',
    500: '#bdc4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc4bf;
$custom-light: #d0d5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.143,
    "s": 5.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81338,
    "c": 0.01034,
    "h": 155.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC4BF

secondary

#978E94

accent

#567F8F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC4BF

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

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