#BABEBD#BABEBD

#BABEBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.005 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEBD
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(165, 3%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(165, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -1.57, 0.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 1.57, 179.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0047 0)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.005 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8468, 50.9400, 55.4459)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEBD #BEBABB

analogous

#BABEBB #BABEBD #BABDBE

triadic

#BABEBD #BDBABE #BEBDBA

tetradic

#BABEBD #BBBABE #BEBABB #BDBEBA

square

#BABEBD #BBBABE #BEBABB #BDBEBA

split-complementary

#BABEBD #BEBABD #BEBBBA

monochromatic

#7B8381 #9AA09F #BABEBD #DADCDB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BABEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BABEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEBD

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEBD	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.005 179.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 2.985,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79805,
    "c": 0.00466,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEBD

secondary

#908C8D

accent

#59668D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEBD

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

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