#BAB2B4#BAB2B4

#BAB2B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.010 H 0.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB2B4
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 180)
HSL	hsl(345, 5%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(345, 4%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, 3.20, -0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 3.20, 359.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% 0.0095 0)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.01 0.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4072, 45.5755, 49.6287)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB2B4 #B2BAB8

analogous

#BAB2B8 #BAB2B4 #BAB4B2

triadic

#BAB2B4 #B4BAB2 #B2B4BA

tetradic

#BAB2B4 #B8BAB2 #B2BAB8 #B4B2BA

square

#BAB2B4 #B8BAB2 #B2BAB8 #B4B2BA

split-complementary

#BAB2B4 #B2BAB4 #B2B8BA

monochromatic

#7F7275 #9D9295 #BAB2B4 #D7D2D3 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BAB2B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BAB2B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB2B4

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB2B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB2B4	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.010 0.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9ca',
    500: '#bab2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab2b4;
$custom-light: #cec9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 5.479,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77077,
    "c": 0.00951,
    "h": 0.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB2B4

secondary

#E3E5E4

accent

#8F8156

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB2B4

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

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