#BABDC4#BABDC4

#BABDC4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.010 H 267.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABDC4
RGB	rgb(186, 189, 196)
HSL	hsl(222, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(222, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, 0.29, -3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 3.90, 274.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0005 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.01 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4092, 50.8196, 59.4727)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABDC4 #C4C1BA

analogous

#BAC2C4 #BABDC4 #BCBAC4

triadic

#BABDC4 #C4BABD #BDC4BA

tetradic

#BABDC4 #C4BAC2 #C4C1BA #BAC4BC

square

#BABDC4 #C4BAC2 #C4C1BA #BAC4BC

split-complementary

#BABDC4 #C4BCBA #C2C4BA

monochromatic

#787E8C #999DA8 #BABDC4 #DBDDE0 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BABDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BABDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABDC4

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABDC4	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBDC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABDC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 189, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.010 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0d5',
    500: '#babdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babdc4;
$custom-light: #ced0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 7.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7981,
    "c": 0.01038,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABDC4

secondary

#97948B

accent

#7F5492

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABDC4

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

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