#BABDBA#BABDBA

#BABDBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.005 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDBA
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(120, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -1.60, 1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 1.97, 144.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0044 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.005 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3087, 50.3794, 53.6767)
Luminance	0.5038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDBA #BDBABD

analogous

#BBBDBA #BABDBA #BABDBB

triadic

#BABDBA #BABABD #BDBABA

tetradic

#BABDBA #BABBBD #BDBABD #BDBBBA

square

#BABDBA #BABBBD #BDBABD #BDBBBA

split-complementary

#BABDBA #BBBABD #BDBABB

monochromatic

#7B817B #9B9F9B #BABDBA #D9DBD9 #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BABDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BABDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDBA

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDBA	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)

#BDBCBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.005 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0ce',
    500: '#babdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdba;
$custom-light: #ced0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 2.222,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79511,
    "c": 0.00533,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDBA

secondary

#8F8C8F

accent

#5A8C8C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDBA

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

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