#BAB0B4#BAB0B4

#BAB0B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.013 H 351.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB0B4
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 180)
HSL	hsl(336, 7%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(336, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, 4.28, -0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 4.35, 349.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% 0.0125 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.013 351.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0121, 44.7854, 49.4970)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB0B4 #B0BAB6

analogous

#BAB0B9 #BAB0B4 #BAB1B0

triadic

#BAB0B4 #B4BAB0 #B0B4BA

tetradic

#BAB0B4 #B9BAB0 #B0BAB6 #B1B0BA

square

#BAB0B4 #B9BAB0 #B0BAB6 #B1B0BA

split-complementary

#BAB0B4 #B0BAB1 #B0B9BA

monochromatic

#807076 #9D8F95 #BAB0B4 #D7D1D3 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BAB0B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BAB0B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB0B4

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB0B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB0B4	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B3B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab0b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.013 351.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec7ca',
    500: '#bab0b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab0b4;
$custom-light: #cec7ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab0b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336,
    "s": 6.757,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76671,
    "c": 0.01266,
    "h": 351.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB0B4

secondary

#E2E4E3

accent

#917955

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB0B4

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

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