#BABEBC#BABEBC

#BABEBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.005 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEBC
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(150, 3%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(150, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -1.76, 0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 1.84, 163.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0051 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.005 165)
XYZ	xyz(47.7387, 50.8967, 54.8762)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEBC #BEBABC

analogous

#BABEBA #BABEBC #BABEBE

triadic

#BABEBC #BCBABE #BEBCBA

tetradic

#BABEBC #BABABE #BEBABC #BEBEBA

square

#BABEBC #BABABE #BEBABC #BEBEBA

split-complementary

#BABEBC #BEBABE #BEBABA

monochromatic

#7B837F #9AA09D #BABEBC #DADCDB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BABEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BABEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEBC

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEBC	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.005 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1d0',
    500: '#babebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babebc;
$custom-light: #ced1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 2.985,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79776,
    "c": 0.00524,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.50897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEBC

secondary

#908C8E

accent

#59738D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEBC

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

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