#BDC5BE#BDC5BE

#BDC5BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.013 H 149.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC5BE
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 190)
HSL	hsl(128, 6%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(128, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -4.05, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 4.79, 147.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0112 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.013 149.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2451, 54.4688, 56.5717)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC5BE #C5BDC4

analogous

#C0C5BD #BDC5BE #BDC5C2

triadic

#BDC5BE #BEBDC5 #C5BEBD

tetradic

#BDC5BE #BDC0C5 #C5BDC4 #C5C2BD

square

#BDC5BE #BDC0C5 #C5BDC4 #C5C2BD

split-complementary

#BDC5BE #C2BDC5 #C5BDC0

monochromatic

#7C8C7E #9CA89E #BDC5BE #DEE2DE #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDC5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#BDC5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC5BE

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC5BE	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)

#C5C3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.013 149.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6d1',
    500: '#bdc5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc5be;
$custom-light: #d0d6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.5,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81517,
    "c": 0.01306,
    "h": 149.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC5BE

secondary

#988E97

accent

#558990

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC5BE

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

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