#BDC5BD#BDC5BD

#BDC5BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.014 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC5BD
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 189)
HSL	hsl(120, 6%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(120, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -4.24, 3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 5.22, 144.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0116 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.014 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1362, 54.4252, 55.9980)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC5BD #C5BDC5

analogous

#C1C5BD #BDC5BD #BDC5C1

triadic

#BDC5BD #BDBDC5 #C5BDBD

tetradic

#BDC5BD #BDC1C5 #C5BDC5 #C5C1BD

square

#BDC5BD #BDC1C5 #C5BDC5 #C5C1BD

split-complementary

#BDC5BD #C1BDC5 #C5BDC1

monochromatic

#7C8C7C #9CA89C #BDC5BD #DEE2DE #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDC5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#BDC5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC5BD

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC5BD	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.014 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6d0',
    500: '#bdc5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc5bd;
$custom-light: #d0d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81489,
    "c": 0.01411,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC5BD

secondary

#988E98

accent

#559090

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC5BD

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

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