#BABEBE#BABEBE

#BABEBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.004 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEBE
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 3%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(180, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -1.39, -0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 1.47, 199.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0043 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.004 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9557, 50.9836, 56.0196)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEBE #BEBABA

analogous

#BABEBC #BABEBE #BABCBE

triadic

#BABEBE #BEBABE #BEBEBA

tetradic

#BABEBE #BCBABE #BEBABA #BCBEBA

square

#BABEBE #BCBABE #BEBABA #BCBEBA

split-complementary

#BABEBE #BEBABC #BEBCBA

monochromatic

#7B8383 #9AA0A0 #BABEBE #DADCDC #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BABEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BABEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEBE

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEBE	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.004 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1d1',
    500: '#babebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babebe;
$custom-light: #ced1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 2.985,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79835,
    "c": 0.00447,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEBE

secondary

#908C8C

accent

#59598D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEBE

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

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