#BABEBF#BABEBF

#BABEBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.005 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEBF
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 191)
HSL	hsl(192, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(192, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -1.20, -0.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 1.55, 219.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0039 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.005 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0654, 51.0274, 56.5972)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEBF #BFBBBA

analogous

#BABFBE #BABEBF #BABCBF

triadic

#BABEBF #BFBABE #BEBFBA

tetradic

#BABEBF #BEBABF #BFBBBA #BCBFBA

square

#BABEBF #BEBABF #BFBBBA #BCBFBA

split-complementary

#BABEBF #BFBABC #BFBEBA

monochromatic

#7B8284 #9AA0A2 #BABEBF #DADCDC #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BABEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BABEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEBF

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEBF	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.005 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1d2',
    500: '#babebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babebf;
$custom-light: #ced1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 3.759,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79864,
    "c": 0.00469,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEBF

secondary

#928D8C

accent

#63588E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEBF

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

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