#B4BABC#B4BABC

#B4BABC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.007 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BABC
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(195, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -1.70, -1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 2.43, 225.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0056 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.007 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4567, 48.4517, 54.5245)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BABC #BCB6B4

analogous

#B4BCBA #B4BABC #B4B6BC

triadic

#B4BABC #BCB4BA #BABCB4

tetradic

#B4BABC #BAB4BC #BCB6B4 #B6BCB4

square

#B4BABC #BAB4BC #BCB6B4 #B6BCB4

split-complementary

#B4BABC #BCB4B6 #BCBAB4

monochromatic

#747E82 #949C9F #B4BABC #D4D8D9 #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B4BABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#B4BABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BABC

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BABC	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4babc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.007 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caced0',
    500: '#b4babc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4babc;
$custom-light: #caced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4babc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 5.634,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78477,
    "c": 0.0073,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BABC

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#645690

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BABC

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

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