#BABABC#BABABC

#BABABC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.003 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABABC
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(240, 1%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, 0.37, -1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 1.08, 290.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% 0.0008 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.003 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8842, 49.1877, 54.5914)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABABC #BCBCBA

analogous

#BABBBC #BABABC #BBBABC

triadic

#BABABC #BCBABA #BABCBA

tetradic

#BABABC #BCBABB #BCBCBA #BABCBB

square

#BABABC #BCBABB #BCBCBA #BABCBB

split-complementary

#BABABC #BCBBBA #BBBCBA

monochromatic

#7C7C80 #9B9B9E #BABABC #D9D9DA #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BABABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BABABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABABC

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABABC	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bababc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.003 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceced0',
    500: '#bababc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bababc;
$custom-light: #ceced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bababc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 1.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78951,
    "c": 0.00279,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABABC

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8B5A8B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABABC

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

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