#BABDBE#BABDBE

#BABDBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.004 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDBE
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 3%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -0.85, -0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 1.22, 225.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0028 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.004 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7399, 50.5519, 55.9476)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDBE #BEBBBA

analogous

#BABEBD #BABDBE #BABBBE

triadic

#BABDBE #BEBABD #BDBEBA

tetradic

#BABDBE #BDBABE #BEBBBA #BBBEBA

square

#BABDBE #BDBABE #BEBBBA #BBBEBA

split-complementary

#BABDBE #BEBABB #BEBDBA

monochromatic

#7B8183 #9A9FA0 #BABDBE #DADBDC #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BABDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BABDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDBE

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDBE	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.004 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0d1',
    500: '#babdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdbe;
$custom-light: #ced0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 2.985,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79628,
    "c": 0.00364,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDBE

secondary

#908D8C

accent

#66598D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDBE

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

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