#BABDC3#BABDC3

#BABDC3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.009 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDC3
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 195)
HSL	hsl(220, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(220, 5%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, 0.10, -3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 3.38, 271.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0009 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.009 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2958, 50.7742, 58.8752)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDC3 #C3C0BA

analogous

#BAC2C3 #BABDC3 #BCBAC3

triadic

#BABDC3 #C3BABD #BDC3BA

tetradic

#BABDC3 #C3BAC2 #C3C0BA #BAC3BC

square

#BABDC3 #C3BAC2 #C3C0BA #BAC3BC

split-complementary

#BABDC3 #C3BCBA #C2C3BA

monochromatic

#797E8A #999EA7 #BABDC3 #DBDCDF #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BABDC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BABDC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDC3

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDC3	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBDC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABCC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.009 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0d5',
    500: '#babdc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdc3;
$custom-light: #ced0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79779,
    "c": 0.00907,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDC3

secondary

#96928B

accent

#7D5591

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDC3

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

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