#B5BABA#B5BABA

#B5BABA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.006 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BABA
RGB	rgb(181, 186, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 3%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(180, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -1.74, -0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 1.84, 199.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0053 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.006 197)
XYZ	xyz(45.4763, 48.4865, 53.4079)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BABA #BAB5B5

analogous

#B5BAB8 #B5BABA #B5B8BA

triadic

#B5BABA #BAB5BA #BABAB5

tetradic

#B5BABA #B8B5BA #BAB5B5 #B8BAB5

square

#B5BABA #B8B5BA #BAB5B5 #B8BAB5

split-complementary

#B5BABA #BAB5B8 #BAB8B5

monochromatic

#767F7F #959C9C #B5BABA #D5D8D8 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B5BABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#B5BABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BABA

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BABA	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5baba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 186, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.006 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcece',
    500: '#b5baba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5baba;
$custom-light: #cbcece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5baba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 3.497,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78495,
    "c": 0.0056,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.48487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BABA

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#58588D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BABA

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

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