#BABDBF#BABDBF

#BABDBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.004 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDBF
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(204, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(204, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -0.66, -1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 1.52, 244.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0024 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.004 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8496, 50.5957, 56.5252)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDBF #BFBCBA

analogous

#BABFBF #BABDBF #BABBBF

triadic

#BABDBF #BFBABD #BDBFBA

tetradic

#BABDBF #BFBABF #BFBCBA #BBBFBA

square

#BABDBF #BFBABF #BFBCBA #BBBFBA

split-complementary

#BABDBF #BFBABB #BFBFBA

monochromatic

#7B8084 #9A9FA2 #BABDBF #DADBDC #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BABDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BABDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDBF

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDBF	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBDBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.004 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0d2',
    500: '#babdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdbf;
$custom-light: #ced0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 3.759,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79658,
    "c": 0.00439,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDBF

secondary

#928E8C

accent

#6D588E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDBF

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

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