#BABEC4#BABEC4

#BABEC4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.010 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABEC4
RGB	rgb(186, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(216, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(216, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -0.24, -3.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 3.51, 266.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0019 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.01 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.6250, 51.2513, 59.5446)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABEC4 #C4C0BA

analogous

#BAC3C4 #BABEC4 #BBBAC4

triadic

#BABEC4 #C4BABE #BEC4BA

tetradic

#BABEC4 #C4BAC3 #C4C0BA #BAC4BB

square

#BABEC4 #C4BAC3 #C4C0BA #BAC4BB

split-complementary

#BABEC4 #C4BBBA #C3C4BA

monochromatic

#78808C #999FA8 #BABEC4 #DBDDE0 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BABEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BABEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABEC4

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABEC4	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 190, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.010 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1d5',
    500: '#babec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babec4;
$custom-light: #ced1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 7.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80016,
    "c": 0.00955,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABEC4

secondary

#97928B

accent

#795492

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABEC4

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

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