#B8BABE#B8BABE

#B8BABE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.006 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BABE
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(220, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(220, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, 0.06, -2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 2.26, 271.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0006 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.006 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6186, 49.0257, 55.7121)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BABE #BEBCB8

analogous

#B8BDBE #B8BABE #B9B8BE

triadic

#B8BABE #BEB8BA #BABEB8

tetradic

#B8BABE #BEB8BD #BEBCB8 #B8BEB9

square

#B8BABE #BEB8BD #BEBCB8 #B8BEB9

split-complementary

#B8BABE #BEB9B8 #BDBEB8

monochromatic

#787C83 #989BA1 #B8BABE #D8D9DB #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B8BABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#B8BABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BABE

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BABE	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8babe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.006 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdced1',
    500: '#b8babe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8babe;
$custom-light: #cdced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8babe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 4.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78852,
    "c": 0.00606,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BABE

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#7C578E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BABE

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

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