#BDC5BB#BDC5BB

#BDC5BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.016 H 139.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC5BB
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 187)
HSL	hsl(108, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(108, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -4.60, 4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 6.13, 138.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0124 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.016 139.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.9206, 54.3390, 54.8626)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC5BB #C3BBC5

analogous

#C2C5BB #BDC5BB #BBC5BE

triadic

#BDC5BB #BBBDC5 #C5BBBD

tetradic

#BDC5BB #BBC2C5 #C3BBC5 #C5BEBB

square

#BDC5BB #BBC2C5 #C3BBC5 #C5BEBB

split-complementary

#BDC5BB #BEBBC5 #C5BBC2

monochromatic

#7D8D79 #9DA99A #BDC5BB #DDE1DC #EFF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDC5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#BDC5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC5BB

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC5BB	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.016 139.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6cf',
    500: '#bdc5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc5bb;
$custom-light: #d0d6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81433,
    "c": 0.01635,
    "h": 139.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC5BB

secondary

#968C98

accent

#549285

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC5BB

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

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