#BAB2B8#BAB2B8

#BAB2B8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.012 H 334.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB2B8
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 184)
HSL	hsl(315, 5%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(315, 4%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, 3.93, -2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 4.43, 332.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% 0.0111 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.012 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.8205, 45.7408, 51.8058)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB2B8 #B2BAB4

analogous

#B8B2BA #BAB2B8 #BAB2B4

triadic

#BAB2B8 #B8BAB2 #B2B8BA

tetradic

#BAB2B8 #BAB8B2 #B2BAB4 #B2B4BA

square

#BAB2B8 #BAB8B2 #B2BAB4 #B2B4BA

split-complementary

#BAB2B8 #B4BAB2 #B2BAB8

monochromatic

#7F727C #9D929A #BAB2B8 #D7D2D6 #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BAB2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BAB2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB2B8

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB2B8	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B5B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.012 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9cd',
    500: '#bab2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab2b8;
$custom-light: #cec9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 5.479,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77197,
    "c": 0.01229,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB2B8

secondary

#E3E5E3

accent

#8F6456

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB2B8

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

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