#B4BABE#B4BABE

#B4BABE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.009 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BABE
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(204, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -1.31, -2.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 3.04, 244.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0048 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.009 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6737, 48.5385, 55.6678)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BABE #BEB8B4

analogous

#B4BEBD #B4BABE #B4B5BE

triadic

#B4BABE #BEB4BA #BABEB4

tetradic

#B4BABE #BDB4BE #BEB8B4 #B5BEB4

square

#B4BABE #BDB4BE #BEB8B4 #B5BEB4

split-complementary

#B4BABE #BEB4B5 #BEBDB4

monochromatic

#737E85 #939CA2 #B4BABE #D5D8DA #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B4BABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#B4BABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BABE

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BABE	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4babe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.009 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caced1',
    500: '#b4babe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4babe;
$custom-light: #caced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4babe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78538,
    "c": 0.00879,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BABE

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#6D5491

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BABE

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

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