#BABDBC#BABDBC

#BABDBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.004 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDBC
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(160, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(160, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -1.23, 0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 1.24, 173.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0036 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.004 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5228, 50.4650, 54.8043)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDBC #BDBABB

analogous

#BABDBA #BABDBC #BABCBD

triadic

#BABDBC #BCBABD #BDBCBA

tetradic

#BABDBC #BABABD #BDBABB #BCBDBA

square

#BABDBC #BABABD #BDBABB #BCBDBA

split-complementary

#BABDBC #BDBABC #BDBABA

monochromatic

#7B817F #9B9F9E #BABDBC #D9DBDA #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BABDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BABDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDBC

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDBC	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.004 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0d0',
    500: '#babdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdbc;
$custom-light: #ced0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 2.222,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79569,
    "c": 0.00362,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDBC

secondary

#8F8C8D

accent

#5A6A8C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDBC

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

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