#BAB2B6#BAB2B6

#BAB2B6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.011 H 345.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB2B6
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 182)
HSL	hsl(330, 5%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(330, 4%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 2.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, 3.56, -1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 3.71, 344.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% 0.0103 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.011 345.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6124, 45.6576, 50.7095)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB2B6 #B2BAB6

analogous

#BAB2BA #BAB2B6 #BAB2B2

triadic

#BAB2B6 #B6BAB2 #B2B6BA

tetradic

#BAB2B6 #BABAB2 #B2BAB6 #B2B2BA

square

#BAB2B6 #BABAB2 #B2BAB6 #B2B2BA

split-complementary

#BAB2B6 #B2BAB2 #B2BABA

monochromatic

#7F7279 #9D9297 #BAB2B6 #D7D2D5 #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BAB2B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BAB2B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB2B6

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB2B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB2B6	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab2b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.011 345.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9cb',
    500: '#bab2b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab2b6;
$custom-light: #cec9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab2b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 5.479,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77137,
    "c": 0.01063,
    "h": 345.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB2B6

secondary

#E3E5E4

accent

#8F7356

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB2B6

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

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