#BABCB2#BABCB2

#BABCB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.014 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCB2
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(72, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(72, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -2.52, 4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 5.43, 117.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0061 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.014 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2676, 49.6200, 49.2510)
Luminance	0.4962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCB2 #B4B2BC

analogous

#BCB9B2 #BABCB2 #B5BCB2

triadic

#BABCB2 #B2BABC #BCB2BA

tetradic

#BABCB2 #B2BCB9 #B4B2BC #BCB2B5

square

#BABCB2 #B2BCB9 #B4B2BC #BCB2B5

split-complementary

#BABCB2 #B2B5BC #B9B2BC

monochromatic

#7F8271 #9DA091 #BABCB2 #D7D8D3 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BABCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BABCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCB2

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCB2	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBBB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.014 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0c9',
    500: '#babcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcb2;
$custom-light: #ced0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79077,
    "c": 0.01404,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCB2

secondary

#E4E4E6

accent

#559161

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCB2

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

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