#BABDBD#BABDBD

#BABDBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.003 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDBD
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(180, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -1.04, -0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 1.10, 199.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0032 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.003 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.6310, 50.5083, 55.3740)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDBD #BDBABA

analogous

#BABDBB #BABDBD #BABBBD

triadic

#BABDBD #BDBABD #BDBDBA

tetradic

#BABDBD #BBBABD #BDBABA #BBBDBA

square

#BABDBD #BBBABD #BDBABA #BBBDBA

split-complementary

#BABDBD #BDBABB #BDBBBA

monochromatic

#7B8181 #9B9F9F #BABDBD #D9DBDB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BABDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BABDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDBD

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDBD	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.003 197.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 2.222,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79599,
    "c": 0.00336,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDBD

secondary

#8F8C8C

accent

#5A5A8C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDBD

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

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