#BABDB3#BABDB3

#BABDB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.014 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDB3
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 179)
HSL	hsl(78, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(78, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -2.87, 4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 5.50, 121.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0072 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.014 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5827, 50.0890, 49.8532)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDB3 #B6B3BD

analogous

#BDBBB3 #BABDB3 #B5BDB3

triadic

#BABDB3 #B3BABD #BDB3BA

tetradic

#BABDB3 #B3BDBB #B6B3BD #BDB3B5

square

#BABDB3 #B3BDBB #B6B3BD #BDB3B5

split-complementary

#BABDB3 #B3B5BD #BBB3BD

monochromatic

#7E8372 #9CA192 #BABDB3 #D8D9D4 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BABDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BABDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDB3

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDB3	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)

#BFBCB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.014 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0c9',
    500: '#babdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdb3;
$custom-light: #ced0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78,
    "s": 7.042,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79312,
    "c": 0.01424,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDB3

secondary

#888490

accent

#559167

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDB3

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

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