#BABDB5#BABDB5

#BABDB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.012 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDB5
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(83, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(83, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -2.51, 3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 4.45, 124.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0064 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.012 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.7865, 50.1705, 50.9262)
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

#BABDB5 #B8B5BD

analogous

#BDBCB5 #BABDB5 #B6BDB5

triadic

#BABDB5 #B5BABD #BDB5BA

tetradic

#BABDB5 #B5BDBC #B8B5BD #BDB5B6

square

#BABDB5 #B5BDBC #B8B5BD #BDB5B6

split-complementary

#BABDB5 #B5B6BD #BCB5BD

monochromatic

#7E8375 #9CA095 #BABDB5 #D8DAD5 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BABDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BABDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDB5

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDB5	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)

#BEBCB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.012 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0cb',
    500: '#babdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdb5;
$custom-light: #ced0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.5,
    "s": 5.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79368,
    "c": 0.01157,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDB5

secondary

#8A8690

accent

#56906C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDB5

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

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