#BDC6BF#BDC6BF

#BDC6BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.014 H 152.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC6BF
RGB	rgb(189, 198, 191)
HSL	hsl(133, 7%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(133, 5%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 3.5%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -4.39, 2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 5.02, 151.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0123 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.014 152.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5826, 54.9683, 57.2252)
Luminance	0.5497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC6BF #C6BDC4

analogous

#BFC6BD #BDC6BF #BDC6C3

triadic

#BDC6BF #BFBDC6 #C6BFBD

tetradic

#BDC6BF #BDBFC6 #C6BDC4 #C6C3BD

square

#BDC6BF #BDBFC6 #C6BDC4 #C6C3BD

split-complementary

#BDC6BF #C3BDC6 #C6BDBF

monochromatic

#7B8D7F #9CAA9F #BDC6BF #DEE2DF #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDC6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#BDC6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC6BF

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC6BF	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 198, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.014 152.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d7d2',
    500: '#bdc6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc6bf;
$custom-light: #d0d7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.333,
    "s": 7.317,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81753,
    "c": 0.01382,
    "h": 152.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC6BF

secondary

#998E97

accent

#548491

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC6BF

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

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