Information about #BDBEBA color

#BDBEBA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #BDBEBA is classified in the Register under the Yellow Color Family, with Desaturated and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(189, 190, 186) — 74.1% red, 74.5% green, 72.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 0 / 2 / 25. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A quiet, subdued balanced grey tone, #BDBEBA appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Quarter Delta (#BFC0BB). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Half Atmosphere (#BEBFB7) and Soft Gray (#BBBDBD).

The recipe behind #BDBEBA is rgb(189, 190, 186), with green as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #BDBEBA background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 11.2:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.9:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#BDBEBA color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BDBEBA color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BDBEBA color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BDBEBA color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BDBEBA color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#BDBEBA 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.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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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.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #BDBEBA

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Quarter Delta color link
Quarter Delta

#BFC0BB

Half Atmosphere color link
Half Atmosphere

#BEBFB7

Soft Gray color link
Soft Gray

#BBBDBD

Pale Slate color link
Pale Slate

#C3BEBB

Eighth Castle Rock color link
Eighth Castle Rock

#BEBDB4

Eighth Stack color link
Eighth Stack

#C0C1BF

Pumice color link
Pumice

#BAC0B4

Silver color link
Silver

#C0C0C0

Greywacke color link
Greywacke

#BCB8BE

French Grey color link
French Grey

#BFBDC1

Eighth Friar Grey color link
Eighth Friar Grey

#C1BCB4

Tiara color link
Tiara

#B9C3BE

#BDBEBA color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BDBEBA
  • RGB189, 190, 186
  • CMYK0, 0, 2, 25
  • CSSrgb(189, 190, 186)
  • HSL75°, 3%, 74%
  • HSL Precise75°, 2.985%, 73.725%
  • HSV75°, 2%, 75%
  • HSB75°, 2%, 75%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.745
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • GLSLvec3(0.741, 0.745, 0.729)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.741, 0.745, 0.729, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.741, 0.745, 0.729)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB74.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB74.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB72.9%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBDBEBA
  • DECIMAL ID12435130
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers18 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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