#BAB0B2#BAB0B2

#BAB0B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.012 H 3.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB0B2
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 178)
HSL	hsl(348, 7%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(348, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 4.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, 3.92, 0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 3.93, 3.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% 0.0117 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.012 3.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8099, 44.7045, 48.4318)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB0B2 #B0BAB8

analogous

#BAB0B7 #BAB0B2 #BAB3B0

triadic

#BAB0B2 #B2BAB0 #B0B2BA

tetradic

#BAB0B2 #B7BAB0 #B0BAB8 #B3B0BA

square

#BAB0B2 #B7BAB0 #B0BAB8 #B3B0BA

split-complementary

#BAB0B2 #B0BAB3 #B0B7BA

monochromatic

#807073 #9D8F92 #BAB0B2 #D7D1D2 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BAB0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BAB0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB0B2

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB0B2	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B3B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.012 3.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec7c9',
    500: '#bab0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab0b2;
$custom-light: #cec7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 6.757,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76611,
    "c": 0.01174,
    "h": 3.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB0B2

secondary

#E2E4E4

accent

#918555

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB0B2

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

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