#BABABE#BABABE

#BABABE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.006 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABABE
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(240, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, 0.75, -2.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 2.15, 290.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% 0.0016 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.006 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.1012, 49.2746, 55.7347)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABABE #BEBEBA

analogous

#BABCBE #BABABE #BCBABE

triadic

#BABABE #BEBABA #BABEBA

tetradic

#BABABE #BEBABC #BEBEBA #BABEBC

square

#BABABE #BEBABC #BEBEBA #BABEBC

split-complementary

#BABABE #BEBCBA #BCBEBA

monochromatic

#7B7B83 #9A9AA0 #BABABE #DADADC #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BABABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BABABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABABE

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABABE	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bababe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.006 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceced1',
    500: '#bababe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bababe;
$custom-light: #ceced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bababe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 2.985,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79012,
    "c": 0.00559,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABABE

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8D598D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABABE

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

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