#B8BABA#B8BABA

#B8BABA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.002 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BABA
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 1%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(180, 1%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -0.70, -0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 0.74, 199.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.0021 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.002 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1875, 48.8532, 53.4412)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BABA #BAB8B8

analogous

#B8BAB9 #B8BABA #B8B9BA

triadic

#B8BABA #BAB8BA #BABAB8

tetradic

#B8BABA #B9B8BA #BAB8B8 #B9BAB8

square

#B8BABA #B9B8BA #BAB8B8 #B9BAB8

split-complementary

#B8BABA #BAB8B9 #BAB9B8

monochromatic

#7A7E7E #999C9C #B8BABA #D7D8D8 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B8BABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#B8BABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BABA

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BABA	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8baba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.002 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcece',
    500: '#b8baba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8baba;
$custom-light: #cdcece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8baba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 1.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78732,
    "c": 0.00225,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BABA

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#5A5A8B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BABA

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

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