#BABCB4#BABCB4

#BABCB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.011 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCB4
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(75, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(75, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -2.16, 3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 4.37, 119.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0053 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.011 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4699, 49.7009, 50.3163)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCB4 #B6B4BC

analogous

#BCBAB4 #BABCB4 #B6BCB4

triadic

#BABCB4 #B4BABC #BCB4BA

tetradic

#BABCB4 #B4BCBA #B6B4BC #BCB4B6

square

#BABCB4 #B4BCBA #B6B4BC #BCB4B6

split-complementary

#BABCB4 #B4B6BC #BAB4BC

monochromatic

#7E8274 #9C9F94 #BABCB4 #D8D9D4 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BABCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BABCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCB4

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCB4	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBBB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.011 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0ca',
    500: '#babcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcb4;
$custom-light: #ced0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 5.634,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79132,
    "c": 0.01131,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCB4

secondary

#E5E4E7

accent

#569064

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCB4

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

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