#BABEB4#BABEB4

#BABEB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.015 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEB4
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 180)
HSL	hsl(84, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(84, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -3.22, 4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 5.58, 125.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0083 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.015 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9001, 50.5613, 50.4597)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEB4 #B8B4BE

analogous

#BEBDB4 #BABEB4 #B5BEB4

triadic

#BABEB4 #B4BABE #BEB4BA

tetradic

#BABEB4 #B4BEBD #B8B4BE #BEB4B5

square

#BABEB4 #B4BEBD #B8B4BE #BEB4B5

split-complementary

#BABEB4 #B4B5BE #BDB4BE

monochromatic

#7E8573 #9CA293 #BABEB4 #D8DAD5 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BABEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BABEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEB4

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEB4	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)

#BFBDB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.015 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1ca',
    500: '#babeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babeb4;
$custom-light: #ced1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79548,
    "c": 0.01454,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEB4

secondary

#8A8591

accent

#54916D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEB4

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

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