#BABCBD#BABCBD

#BABCBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.003 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCBD
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(200, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(200, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -0.51, -0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 0.90, 235.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0017 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.003 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4166, 50.0796, 55.3025)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCBD #BDBBBA

analogous

#BABDBC #BABCBD #BABABD

triadic

#BABCBD #BDBABC #BCBDBA

tetradic

#BABCBD #BCBABD #BDBBBA #BABDBA

square

#BABCBD #BCBABD #BDBBBA #BABDBA

split-complementary

#BABCBD #BDBABA #BDBCBA

monochromatic

#7B7F81 #9B9E9F #BABCBD #D9DADB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BABCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BABCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCBD

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCBD	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.003 228.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 2.222,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79393,
    "c": 0.00266,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCBD

secondary

#8F8D8C

accent

#6A5A8C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCBD

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

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