#BEBDB5#BEBDB5

#BEBDB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.011 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBDB5
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(53, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 4.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -1.10, 4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 4.30, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0021 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.011 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7721, 50.6787, 50.9724)
Luminance	0.5068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBDB5 #B5B6BE

analogous

#BEB8B5 #BEBDB5 #BABEB5

triadic

#BEBDB5 #B5BEBD #BDB5BE

tetradic

#BEBDB5 #B5BEB8 #B5B6BE #BEB5BA

square

#BEBDB5 #B5BEB8 #B5B6BE #BEB5BA

split-complementary

#BEBDB5 #B5BABE #B8B5BE

monochromatic

#848374 #A1A094 #BEBDB5 #DBDAD6 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BEBDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BEBDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBDB5

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBDB5	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBCB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.011 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0cb',
    500: '#bebdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebdb5;
$custom-light: #d1d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 6.475,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79688,
    "c": 0.01115,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBDB5

secondary

#868891

accent

#5C9055

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBDB5

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

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