#BABCBE#BABCBE

#BABCBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.004 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCBE
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(210, 3%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -0.32, -1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 1.29, 255.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0014 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.004 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5255, 50.1231, 55.8762)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCBE #BEBCBA

analogous

#BABEBE #BABCBE #BABABE

triadic

#BABCBE #BEBABC #BCBEBA

tetradic

#BABCBE #BEBABE #BEBCBA #BABEBA

square

#BABCBE #BEBABE #BEBCBA #BABEBA

split-complementary

#BABCBE #BEBABA #BEBEBA

monochromatic

#7B7F83 #9A9DA0 #BABCBE #DADBDC #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BABCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BABCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCBE

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCBE	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	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)

#BBBCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.004 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0d1',
    500: '#babcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcbe;
$custom-light: #ced0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 2.985,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79422,
    "c": 0.00361,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCBE

secondary

#908E8C

accent

#73598D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCBE

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

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