#BABEC3#BABEC3

#BABEC3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.008 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEC3
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 195)
HSL	hsl(213, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(213, 5%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -0.43, -3.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 3.03, 261.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0023 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.008 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5116, 51.2059, 58.9472)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEC3 #C3BFBA

analogous

#BAC3C3 #BABEC3 #BBBAC3

triadic

#BABEC3 #C3BABE #BEC3BA

tetradic

#BABEC3 #C3BAC3 #C3BFBA #BAC3BB

square

#BABEC3 #C3BAC3 #C3BFBA #BAC3BB

split-complementary

#BABEC3 #C3BBBA #C3C3BA

monochromatic

#79808A #999FA7 #BABEC3 #DBDDDF #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BABEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BABEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEC3

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEC3	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.008 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1d5',
    500: '#babec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babec3;
$custom-light: #ced1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79985,
    "c": 0.00833,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEC3

secondary

#96918B

accent

#765591

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEC3

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

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