#BDC6BD#BDC6BD

#BDC6BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.016 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC6BD
RGB	rgb(189, 198, 189)
HSL	hsl(120, 7%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(120, 5%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 4.5%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -4.76, 3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 5.87, 144.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0131 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.016 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.3640, 54.8808, 56.0740)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC6BD #C6BDC6

analogous

#C1C6BD #BDC6BD #BDC6C1

triadic

#BDC6BD #BDBDC6 #C6BDBD

tetradic

#BDC6BD #BDC1C6 #C6BDC6 #C6C1BD

square

#BDC6BD #BDC1C6 #C6BDC6 #C6C1BD

split-complementary

#BDC6BD #C1BDC6 #C6BDC1

monochromatic

#7B8D7B #9CAA9C #BDC6BD #DEE2DE #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDC6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#BDC6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC6BD

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC6BD	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 198, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.016 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d7d0',
    500: '#bdc6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc6bd;
$custom-light: #d0d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 7.317,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81697,
    "c": 0.01586,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC6BD

secondary

#998E99

accent

#549191

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC6BD

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

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