#BABCBC#BABCBC

#BABCBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.002 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCBC
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 1%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(180, 1%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -0.70, -0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 0.74, 199.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0021 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.002 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.3084, 50.0363, 54.7328)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCBC #BCBABA

analogous

#BABCBB #BABCBC #BABBBC

triadic

#BABCBC #BCBABC #BCBCBA

tetradic

#BABCBC #BBBABC #BCBABA #BBBCBA

square

#BABCBC #BBBABC #BCBABA #BBBCBA

split-complementary

#BABCBC #BCBABB #BCBBBA

monochromatic

#7C8080 #9B9E9E #BABCBC #D9DADA #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BABCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BABCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCBC

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCBC	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.002 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0d0',
    500: '#babcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcbc;
$custom-light: #ced0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 1.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79363,
    "c": 0.00224,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCBC

secondary

#8E8C8C

accent

#5A5A8B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCBC

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

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