#BABDB2#BABDB2

#BABDB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.016 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDB2
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(76, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(76, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -3.05, 5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 6.02, 120.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0076 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.016 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4819, 50.0487, 49.3224)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDB2 #B5B2BD

analogous

#BDBBB2 #BABDB2 #B5BDB2

triadic

#BABDB2 #B2BABD #BDB2BA

tetradic

#BABDB2 #B2BDBB #B5B2BD #BDB2B5

square

#BABDB2 #B2BDBB #B5B2BD #BDB2B5

split-complementary

#BABDB2 #B2B5BD #BBB2BD

monochromatic

#7F8471 #9CA191 #BABDB2 #D8D9D3 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BABDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BABDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDB2

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDB2	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)

#BFBCB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.016 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0c9',
    500: '#babdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdb2;
$custom-light: #ced0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.364,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79284,
    "c": 0.01559,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDB2

secondary

#878390

accent

#549265

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDB2

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

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