#BABCB5#BABCB5

#BABCB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.010 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCB5
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(77, 5%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(77, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -1.98, 3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 3.84, 121.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0049 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.01 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5721, 49.7418, 50.8547)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCB5 #B7B5BC

analogous

#BCBBB5 #BABCB5 #B6BCB5

triadic

#BABCB5 #B5BABC #BCB5BA

tetradic

#BABCB5 #B5BCBB #B7B5BC #BCB5B6

square

#BABCB5 #B5BCBB #B7B5BC #BCB5B6

split-complementary

#BABCB5 #B5B6BC #BBB5BC

monochromatic

#7E8175 #9C9F95 #BABCB5 #D8D9D5 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BABCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BABCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCB5

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCB5	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBBB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.010 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0cb',
    500: '#babcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcb5;
$custom-light: #ced0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 4.965,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79161,
    "c": 0.00996,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCB5

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#578F67

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCB5

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

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