#BABCC4#BABCC4

#BABCC4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.011 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCC4
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 196)
HSL	hsl(228, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(228, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, 0.83, -4.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 4.35, 280.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% 0.001 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.011 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1948, 50.3909, 59.4012)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCC4 #C4C2BA

analogous

#BAC1C4 #BABCC4 #BDBAC4

triadic

#BABCC4 #C4BABC #BCC4BA

tetradic

#BABCC4 #C4BAC1 #C4C2BA #BAC4BD

square

#BABCC4 #C4BAC1 #C4C2BA #BAC4BD

split-complementary

#BABCC4 #C4BDBA #C1C4BA

monochromatic

#787C8C #999CA8 #BABCC4 #DBDCE0 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BABCC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BABCC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCC4

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCC4	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABDC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babcc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.011 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0d5',
    500: '#babcc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babcc4;
$custom-light: #ced0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babcc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 7.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79605,
    "c": 0.01144,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCC4

secondary

#97958B

accent

#855492

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCC4

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

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