#BABEB3#BABEB3

#BABEB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.016 H 123.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEB3
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 179)
HSL	hsl(82, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(82, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -3.40, 5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 6.10, 123.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0087 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.016 123.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7986, 50.5207, 49.9251)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEB3 #B7B3BE

analogous

#BEBCB3 #BABEB3 #B5BEB3

triadic

#BABEB3 #B3BABE #BEB3BA

tetradic

#BABEB3 #B3BEBC #B7B3BE #BEB3B5

square

#BABEB3 #B3BEBC #B7B3BE #BEB3B5

split-complementary

#BABEB3 #B3B5BE #BCB3BE

monochromatic

#7E8572 #9CA292 #BABEB3 #D8DAD4 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BABEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BABEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEB3

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEB3	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)

#C0BCB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.016 123.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1c9',
    500: '#babeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babeb3;
$custom-light: #ced1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.818,
    "s": 7.801,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7952,
    "c": 0.01585,
    "h": 123.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEB3

secondary

#898491

accent

#54926A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEB3

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

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