Information about #BDB3BA color
Basic facts about this digital color
#BDB3BA is a quiet, subdued grey that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Greywacke (#BCB8BE). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Rakaia (#BAB7B5) and Misty Lavender (#B6B5B9).
In RGB terms — rgb(189, 179, 186) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #BDB3BA background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.0:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#BDB3BA color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
#BDB3BA color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#BDB3BA color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#BDB3BA color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#BDB3BA color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#BDB3BA color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #BDB3BA color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to #BDB3BA
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#BCB8BE
#BAB7B5
#B6B5B9
#B9ACBB
#BFB3B2
#B7B6B5
#BFAFB2
#B5B7B7
#B8B5C2
#B6B6B4
#BDB9B2
#B7BAB6
#BDB3BA color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BDB3BA
- RGB189, 179, 186
- CMYK0, 4, 1, 26
- CSSrgb(189, 179, 186)
- HSL318°, 7%, 72%
- HSL Precise318°, 7.042%, 72.157%
- HSV318°, 5%, 74%
- HSB318°, 5%, 74%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.741
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.702
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.729
- GLSLvec3(0.741, 0.702, 0.729)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.741, 0.702, 0.729, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.741, 0.702, 0.729)
- Percentage of Red in RGB74.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB70.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB72.9%
- Color FamilyRose
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDBDB3BA
- DECIMAL ID12432314
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
