#BABCBF#BABCBF

#BABCBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.005 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCBF
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(216, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -0.13, -1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 1.76, 265.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.001 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.005 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6352, 50.1670, 56.4538)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCBF #BFBDBA

analogous

#BABFBF #BABCBF #BBBABF

triadic

#BABCBF #BFBABC #BCBFBA

tetradic

#BABCBF #BFBABF #BFBDBA #BABFBB

square

#BABCBF #BFBABF #BFBDBA #BABFBB

split-complementary

#BABCBF #BFBBBA #BFBFBA

monochromatic

#7B7E84 #9A9DA2 #BABCBF #DADBDC #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BABCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BABCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCBF

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCBF	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.005 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0d2',
    500: '#babcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcbf;
$custom-light: #ced0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 3.759,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79452,
    "c": 0.00478,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCBF

secondary

#928F8C

accent

#78588E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCBF

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

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